Education
Tavarez was a resident of Bellerose, Queens, New York City, and attended P.S. 176.
Tavarez was a resident of Bellerose, Queens, New York City, and attended P.S. 176.
She appeared in the Broadway theatre production of The Lion King by Walt Disney Theatrical, where she played the role of the young lion cub Nala. On November 1, 2010, Tavarez died at the age of 11 at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, due to acute myeloid leukemia. The lights at the Minskoff Theatre, where The Lion King was playing, were dimmed the night she died.
In a statement released following her daughter"s death, Odiney Brown said that "Shannon"s dream was to perform on stage, and that she did." A year after her death Shannon"s mother started Shannon"s South.H.A.R.E Foundation.