At the Church of Christ-affiliated Pepperdine University, getting an MBA, she stressed LGBTQ issues and after graduating, she worked in the private sector before asking herself, 'What can I do to make a memorable impact?' Turning to law enforcement, she went through the San Diego Police Academy training and in 2012 returned, hesitantly, to the Lowcountry where she has family. She came out to her parents, at first assuming she would be a disappointment and 'imperfect,' something her family totally rejected. At her recovery, she decided to live as fully and honestly as possible. She attended UCLA, and when studying abroad in Australia, she reached a crisis when she nearly died from influenza.
Identifying as boy, she felt constricted by what society demanded of her, and went into therapy as a child to help with her anger at the situation. Her parents were both professors and very accepting and loving. She was born in Pinehurst, NC into a Methodist family. Date: Description: Terry Cherry (pronouns: She/Her/Hers), white police officer, discusses the path of her life from birth in North Carolina, to education in California and elsewhere, to her service, in a number of capacities, as an out LGBTQ person in the Charleston, SC police force.
