From 2015 to 2021 she was managing editor at NowThis, where she shared in a 2018 Edward R. Murrow Award for a documentary on Hurricane Maria's effects on Puerto Rico.

[4] She attended Bolton High School, graduating in 2004,[5] then Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, where she studied political science.

[3] Sharma began working in newsmedia as a writer and editor for Talking Points Memo[6] and MSNBC's Lean Forward.

[4] In 2015, she became managing editor at NowThis,[4] where she shared in a 2018 Edward R. Murrow Award for her work on a documentary on Hurricane Maria's effects on Puerto Rico.

[1] In assuming the role at Condé Nast, Sharma was part of an increase in women's newsroom leadership; Adweek noted she was one of "a dozen women…named editors in chief at some of the most influential publishers in the world" in 2021.