CHERYL SMITH: THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MIC

Cheryl is a native of Newark, N.J. Growing up she attended East Orange High School, where she played softball, was statistician for the men's basketball team and a sports reporter and editor of the school newspaper.

While attending Florida A&M University, she was a member of the student NABJ and Society of Professional Journalists chapters, a Delta Sigma Theta sorority officer, a National Pan Hellenic Council officer, statistician for the men's basketball team, on the school's softball team, on both the yearbook and newspaper staffs and in student government, to name a few.
Since 1993, Cheryl has been a mother to four of her sister's children - Andre, 21, who is currently serves in the Air Force; Alayna, 17; Annya, 11; and Ayanna, 8.

Awards & Accomplishments:
An active, long-time member of the Southwest Journalists of Color, Florida A&M University National Alumni Association, the Dallas Metroplex Council of Black Alumni Associations and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Smith's work has earned her awards from the following:

Press Club of Dallas
The Dallas Fort Worth Assoc. of Black Communicatorss
NABJ's Region VII
Texas Publishers Association
National Newspaper Publishers Association
Dallas NAACP
Texas State Senate
Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Kappa Alpha and Zeta Phi Beta sororities