Renee Shojaei, born Mary Renee Barr was the child of Wilbert and Rosa Lee Barr, born on January 24, 1964 in Houston, Texas. Renee was on the Falconette drill team and graduated from Hargrave High School, to later be a part of the drill team at the University of Houston, from which she graduated college. She went on to enjoy a career in real estate, until she met her husband Hamid Shojaei and since then has ventured in their own self-owned business'. They went on to raise Shawn Shojaei, and later had two children of their own, Shanelle and Sabastian Shojaei. She lived most of her life in her home on Lake Houston and enjoyed traveling, and the company of her family and friends. Renee passed on December 21, 2015 in Houston, Texas.