A grandmother, mother and twenty-five-year veteran of college administration, Cheryl worked with thousands of students, as well her own children who struggled with personal values, health, time and money management. When her grandchildren were young, she wanted to create a fun tool to build and nurture habits key to managing everyday life. Cheryl put pen to paper, and The Treasured Tales of Evan and Bella was underway.
A mother of a child with a unilateral complete cleft lip and palate, Cheryl’s unfeigned desire to represent physical diversity and portray a-symmetrical beauty was essential to the development of the book characters.