Born to Susan and Mark Anderson.. (Father) Mark was a Track & Field coach at UCLA where he coached Shae...Named the 2016-17 California Gatorade Girls Track and Field Player of the Year.

Shae studied at the University of Oregon and the UCLA and in 2020 broke the UCLA indoor 400m record twice and helping the women's 4x400m team to a UCLA indoor record.

She was a 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships gold medalist in the 4x400m. At the 2020 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) held in Eugene, Oregon, Anderson reached the final of the 400m and qualified for the relay pool of the 4x400m relay at the 2020 Summer Games.Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games World Athletics Championships, 2018 IAAF U20 Championships, gold (4x400m relay)