Meet Cheryl

For over 30 years, Cheryl has been passionately advocating that ALL students deserve a great education! With her breadth and depth of experience, she offers a fresh perspective for the Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees. 

Cheryl began her career as a teacher and spent ten years in the classroom. After earning two Masters degrees, she went on to work in community development and on education policy at the federal, state, and local levels.  She has experience addressing many of today’s most pressing issues – closing the minority achievement gap, advanced academics, workforce development, and student well-being.

At the U.S. Department of Education, Cheryl evaluated supplemental programs seeking to close the achievement gap for at-risk students. Despite the many depressing statistics, she also learned of exciting efforts that have achieved extraordinary results. Seeing what’s possible increased her fervor to unleash our teachers’ creativity, expand community partnerships, and draw on successful models across the country. 

As her children grew, Cheryl spent countless hours over the course of 15 years volunteering in their public schools. Her children were blessed to qualify for gifted and talented programs, and she learned to be a strong advocate for rigorous, yet appropriately tailored, academic standards and programs, challenging each student to achieve their best. She also served on the education policy advisory committee for Governor Glenn Youngkin’s campaign.