Shaniqua is a Writer, Poet, Facilitator, EMCC Accredited Empowerment Coach, and Community Engagement Consultant, with over ten years of experience in engaging with communities through the power of words. She was Croydon’s first Poet Laureate from 2020-24.

Shaniqua has written poems for the London Mozart Players' 'Oratorio of Hope', the 2022 One Young World Summit and Leigh-Anne Pinnock’s first solo headline show. Her work has been published by Ink, Sweat & Tears, Magma, and RRB Photobooks, and displayed in the National Portrait Gallery and Museum of Croydon.

She has performed at the Trinity College Cambridge Black History Month Formal Dinner, and as part of Apples & Snakes' immersive spoken word show, 'Rallying Cry'. Shaniqua has facilitated workshops for numerous schools and organisations, including Spread The Word, Central St Martins, and Crisis. In 2025, she graduated from the Harper Collins Author Academy.