Shelby Warren graduated from University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She was part of her medical school's PRIME-Health Equity dual degree track and completed a Master’s of Science in Health Care Management from Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. She is passionate about advocating for underrepresented populations, for equity health access and delivery and for parity for mental health services. Over the years she has volunteered and led in many capacities to promote social justice, including harm reduction work, working in free medical clinics and leading justice and wellbeing focused advocacy groups. She was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She is certified as a medical Spanish interpreter.