“Her wit and personality could brighten anyone’s day. She had a passion for telling stories in a way that really hit home. To say our family and this community will miss her is the understatement of the year,” news director Adam P. Bradshaw said in a statement.

Clarke chronicled her journey in a YouTube series after being diagnosed with a Myxoid Mesenchymal tumor at 25, according to the Forth Worth Star-Telegram.

After undergoing major brain surgery, chemotherapy and treatments for the tumor that was initially thought to be a severe headache, the Jamaican native remained optimistic about her condition, the anchor’s KFDX colleagues said.

“The truth is — Bob Marley said it first — you never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice,” Clarke said in her final YouTube video, entitled “Shatanya’s Road to Recovery.”

The Texas journalist joined KFDX in 2018 as a reporter. When she became an anchor in 2021, Clarke hosted the station’s “Helping the Helpers” feature during the pandemic to make sure local charities received urgent donations. The Florida A&M University graduate was also involved with several other community initiatives, as well as with schools and nonprofit organizations.

“I’ve come to accept that my life turned out exactly as it was designed, or destined to be,” Clarke said in the final video of her YouTube series. “Whether I like it or not, whether I understand the reason or not, I cannot change the things in my past. I can only control my present, and possibly make choices that positively affect my future.”