[citation needed] After graduating from Connecticut College, where she led the Camels to a second-place finish in the 2011 ISCA Women's Finals,[2] Shea dedicated herself to professional sports, being one of the founders of the Epic Racing team, in the Match Race category.

[3] In 2019, Shea won the silver medal at the Pan American Games, in the 49er FX class.

The team was defeated by the Brazilian Olympic champion duo, Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze, who won nine of the twelve races.

Much more balanced was against Argentina's Victoria Travascio and María Sol Branz, which ended with an advantage of one point less lost to the Americans after the Argentines were disqualified from the medal race.

With this result, she and her partner Roble earned the right to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.