Shayna Powless Ankou is a member of the Oneida Nation, owner of Powless Performance, a cycling coaching business, and a former professional cyclist. She grew up in Roseville, California and currently resides in Jacksonville, Florida. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2016 and was also a member of the UCLA cycling team. She co-founded the Dream Catcher Foundation with her husband, Eli Ankou, who is a professional football player and member of the Dokis First Nation in Canada. The foundation aims to empower Native youth through sports by providing equipment and camps. The foundation also aims to raise awareness of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) crisis in North America, as well as raise funds for organizations actively fighting this crisis. Shayna has professional race experience in road, track, gravel, mountain biking and virtual (Zwift) racing. She also has international experience racing at events such as the World Championships, World Tour races, National Championships, Pan Am Games, World/Nations Cups, Swiss Cups, criteriums, one-day races, and stage races.