She was born in upstate New York. Later, she moved to Manhattan and then Los Angeles to become a successful clothing designer and lead singer of band Wow Cougar!, an electro-rock band. Her clothing label is named Shawn, which is also her nickname. The label is popular with bands such as Green Day, No Doubt, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and P.J. Harvey. She once dated Anthony Kiedis, lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, on and off for four years. A few of the the Red Hot Chili Peppers songs such as Fat Dance, Slow Cheetah and She Looks To Me mention or were inspired by Yohanna. Kiedis`s 2004 autobiography Scar Tissue, which reached #17 on The New York Times Best Seller List, chronicled much of his relationship with Yohanna. Her name has since been removed from the book with the name Claire Essex as its replacement.

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