Shields was born in 1985 and was raised in
Twickenham. She has one brother. Shields spent time at the family's countryside farm in Yorkshire during the holidays. She was educated at the
Lady Eleanor Holles School. Shields was exposed to motor racing from an early age as she often watched Formula One with her father and competed in go-kart races. Her childhood dream was to race in the series but realised that this was not feasible as she became older. Shields studied biological sciences at the
University of Bristol, The first job she got upon graduating was with the financial services company
UBS in the
City of London. Shields left UBS after one year and founded Starcount, a social media data analytics device. She later said that she had to get involved upon hearing about the series from a contact at
Renault as it consisted of two of her main hobbies, cars and science. and of
Saved by the Future. She was announced as the host of the LowCVP Low Carbon Champions Awards which took place on 13 September. Shields's other work include hosting the
Goodwood Festival of Speed on
ITV4 and presented the
Formula Kart Stars on
Sky Sports F1. She has written articles for
The Times,
London Evening Standard and
CNN.com, In October 2020, she was named an ambassador of the
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's The Girls on Track UK
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and motorsport initiative for school-age girls. In August 2025 she became the lead presenter of ITV 4's British Touring Car Championship after Steve Rider's retirement. == Personal life ==