Johana has worked in the higher education sector both in the USA and the UK for the last 14 years.

She started at her alma matter, UCLA, where she was also a Board Member at the UCLA Alumni Association. In 2011, she launched UCLA’s alumni community network in London and served as an advisor to several US universities in the start-up, engagement and fundraising phase of their communities in Europe.

Johana then spent 6 years at King’s College London, designing and implementing the young alumni strategy to engage new graduates and GOLD alumni. Shen then led the International Alumni team in developing an active community of over 55,000 overseas alumni & volunteers working closely with the fundraising and designing an innovative strategy for key volunteers alumni in the USA, South East Asia and China. Johana then became the Head of Alumni Relations where she oversaw King’s alumni engagement of over 200,000 alumni in 174 countries around the world, leading her team of 13 staff to a full digital transformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In September 2020, Johana joined Aluminati as the Strategic Engagement Consultant working with educational institutions and enterprise clients to increase their engagement through innovative approaches to alumni engagement.