Cheryl holds a master’s degree in computer engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a law degree from Concord Law School (i.e. Purdue University). Her professional background is rooted in the tech industry, with earlier achievements that include writing and winning four NIH SBIR grants to develop youth smoking cessation games through the company she founded, MedicalWorks. Over the past decade, Cheryl worked as a technical writer for leading companies. Now, she writes about social and political issues in a compelling fiction style.