She earned her BA in 2010 from the University of Virginia as a double major in Media Studies and Studio Art with concentrations in Film and Cinematography.

[3] She then went on to receive an MFA in Film and Video from California Institute of Arts in 2014, where she attended Disney and DreamWorks Animation classes.

[6] Harrison used Instagram to get her first artistic commissions, through this meeting Apple which led to live drawing on iPads in New York.

[27] Her book (as illustrator) Sulwe won a 2020 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Children category.

[31] The book includes the stories of Mae Jemison, Katherine Johnson, Maya Angelou and Alice Bell.