Shayla Racquel

Shayla Racquel. Director: The Lifted. Shayla Racquel is the quintessential creative, born and raised in the South but currently living in the city. She believes she gained her creative and entrepreneurial spirit from her grandparents Joseph & Evelyn Thompson, both owning thriving Black businesses in Columbia, South Carolina. Diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease at birth and having a stroke at the young age of 12, her childhood battle with the...