Cheryl started as a Union County CASA volunteer in 2016 and later took on the role of Peer Coordinator.  She joined the CASA team in 2019 as a Traveling Advocate Assistant, working to support CASA volunteers by conducting in-person visits with CASA youth.  Cheryl has spent her entire volunteer and professional career working with children.  Cheryl graduated from the University of Vermont  in 1993 with a B.S. in Nutrition and a minor in Sports Medicine, where she also played on the varsity soccer team.  Upon graduation, she worked as an Athletic Trainer, teacher and dorm parent at a Boston area junior boarding school. Discovering an ability and interest in connecting with children, Cheryl got her M.Ed. in Counseling from Boston University in 2000 and returned to work as a School Counselor.  As well as worked to help found a non-profit providing sports programs to Boston’s inner city youth. Cheryl gained experience counseling youth in inner-city, suburban and private schools while spending summers supervising youth camps at MIT in Massachusetts and in Central Park in New York City.  When she became a mom, Cheryl shifted her focus to volunteering, serving as the Director of Philanthropy for the Hoboken Family Alliance, the PTO President at her children's school and eventually finding her way to CASA.  Cheryl lives in Westfield with her husband and two children, all avid soccer players and fans (Go Red Bulls!).