Shauna has been active in ministry for 19 years. She initially became involved in ministry by serving at church and assisting to coordinate local missions. She has been a part of several missions within the state as well as mission trips to McAllen, Texas and China. She also served as a small group leader and at a food pantry. Over the years, Shauna has helped with fundraisers for veterans and those in need. The more Shauna's passions grew, the more involved she became with not only serving and teaching, but also writing and sharing all that she has learned about mental health in order to help others.

After hearing so many horror stories over the years of various types of trauma, abuse, mental health struggles and addictions and how that had led people to the decisions they had made which led them to the point of incarceration, as well as the awful things they had experienced while incarcerated, Shauna didn’t want to just help before and after incarceration, but while incarcerated as well. Shauna made it her mission to bridge the gap. As a veteran, her heart especially hurts for her fellow warriors who have lost their way and ended up in some of these same positions of being stuck in mental, emotional, physical and spiritual prisons. Shauna doesn’t want to see any veteran struggle with PTSD or other mental health issues. She wants them to have all the help they need in order to be free and live a fruitful life. Shauna believes in ‘Leaving no man behind’. So, out of the passion to help her fellow brothers and sisters to break free from the prisons they have found themselves in, Mental Health Ministries was born. Shauna wants to see every man and woman, whether incarcerated, a veteran, or whatever population they find themselves in, to have the necessary tools and resources to be free!