Shereen Elcherif was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in different Middle Eastern countries, including: Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Kuwait, as well as the United States. Shereen attended The American University in Cairo and earned a Bachelors Degree in psychology. She later pursued a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership (2013), in the United States. While studying for her doctorate, Shereen realized that her passion for film has resurfaced and began by taking acting classes in Hollywood. Shortly after, she landed a role in a short film called Billie Speare, which addresses the issue of bullying in schools. In 2014, she decided to begin her own project, Haunting Dreams. In 2015, Shereen, along with her partner, began a production company (Handmade Movies LLC), and produced their first feature film, Triangles.