Sheran completed her primary school education in the rural schools of Kenya, and her high school education from The Alliance Girls’ High School, in the outskirts of Nairobi. In high school, her love for Math and Chemistry flourished and was recognized. Due to her academic excellence, she was awarded one of the three inaugural Zawadi Africa Educational Fund Scholarships, to attend college in the US. She received her BSc in Chemistry from Xavier University, Ohio, where she also embraced its philosophies of community service and being men and women for others. She later earned a PhD in Chemistry(Analytical) from Purdue University.