Shellie Baxter is a storyteller, founder, and fearless dream-chaser. After 20 years as a stay-at-home mom, she launched Our Genetic Legacy—a nonprofit that reimagines how history is told by centering the voices of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Through DNA, drones, and digital storytelling, Shellie’s work empowers young people to uncover and preserve their heritage in groundbreaking ways.
She created the We The People Museum, the world’s first virtual BIPOC history museum, and leads programs like the DRONe Project, History Makers Workshop, and Underwater Explorer Program—turning youth into certified drone pilots, authors, and marine archaeologists.
Shellie’s currently working on her scuba certification, dreams of skydiving in New Zealand, and is always in a playful standoff with the squirrels in her garden. She believes history isn’t just what we inherit—it’s what we create.
I know a lot about balloons. I became a Certified Balloon Artist (CBA) in 2003.
I need help with expanding my organization, Our Genetic Legacy. We are a new non-profit that creates programs designed specifically to help BIPOCs find their lost ancestral legacies and publish them in new American History Books. We need media exposure for our organization and recruitment for our programs. Our website is, OurGeneticLegacy.org
Always have a plan B…and C…up to infinity. Adapt, but never give up.
I admire women who are handling business and making shit happen. I get excited when I see other Queens getting it done!
I know how to pop a clutch.
I would be a jewelry designer. I love creating unique color combinations using seed beads, stones and polymer clay. I need to up my silversmithing and lapidary skills first.
The day I met Jesse Owens as a child. We were on our annual family cross country trip, my family and my mother's brother's family. We stopped at a mall and my mother made me put on these sandals that she bought that I hated. It is clear that I have major attitude in all the pictures from that meeting. I know Jesse Owens was like, if y'all don't get this little girl together. Oh to be a kid again!
Listen to the advise of wise counsel. You do not have to repeat every mistake.