Cheryl Hemric’s Biography
From winning international design competitions to having an opportunity to photograph a sitting President on the campaign trail to breaking stories on the living conditions of students after the wrath of Hurricane Florence, Cheryl Hemric’s career in the North Carolina Community College system has allowed her the opportunity to experience one adventure after another.
Hemric is a storyteller, a designer, photographer, artist and educator. She has most recently had the opportunity to tell the story of how education changes lives and give people hope while working in the North Carolina Community College System.
Hemric's stories have been published in various media, including The Duplin Times, The Robesonian, WCTI-New Bern, and EdNC, and many of her articles have generated media attention that have been shared around the globe countless times, with press releases being picked up and reported on by various news outlets across the country including The Robesonian, WRAL, WECT, WWAY, WITN, WCTI, WNCT, and WNCN, Spectrum News, WMBF, WFXB, WBTW, WPDE, EducationNC, CNN, MSNBC, and Al Jazeera News.
Many stories from Hemric's original reporting have gone viral and have been picked up by local stations across the United States including affiliates in Hawaii, California, Texas, Missouri, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Kansas, Florida, Oregon, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Alabama to name a few.
Hemric was named the Staff Person of the Year at Robeson Community College in 2023 and received the Presidents Award at Guilford Technical Community College in 2005.