Growing up in Colorado, Cheryl played clarinet and oboe throughout high school and sang in choirs and musical theater productions. Cheryl earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Religion. While in college, she traveled internationally with collegiate singing ensembles, and began playing the piano. She received her Masters in Counseling from the University of Missouri-KC and worked for 10 years as a crisis intervention counselor in an ICU in Kansas City. When her three children were young, she enrolled them in Kindermusik, and she loved every chance to share the joy of music with them as they engaged in the class activities. In 1998, Cheryl became a Licensed Kindermusik Educator, and ever since, has enriched the lives of babies, toddlers, preschoolers and young children and the adults who love them.