[4][7] She trains at the All Olympia Gymnastics Center (AOGC) in Los Angeles with fellow National Team member Mattie Larson.

[3] In 2008, she returned to the VISA Championships to regain her title on the balance beam, and also took the gold on the uneven bars, coming 2nd in the all-around again.

[3] Shapiro was chosen to join some of the Senior Elite National team to go to the 2008 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in San Jose, California, where she performed well on all four events, helping the US Team win the gold, and winning gold on the uneven bars and silver in the all-around competition.

Seemingly unfazed, she continued her exhibition through to the end as the US team cheered her on and the arena began rhythmically clapping.

[3] In the fall of 2008, Shapiro competed in the 2008 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rosario, Argentina, where she won gold on the beam and uneven bars.

[3] In March 2009, at 15 years of age she represented the US at the Montreal FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, where Shapiro sustained a broken foot in training but persevered to win gold on the uneven bars.

[17] In Shapiro's junior year in 2014, she capped off a successful season at the 2014 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship in Birmingham, Alabama, again earning the First Team All-American honor and finishing as runner-up on the uneven bars.