https://www.cherylwrightspeaks.com/whoischeryl daily 0.75 2026-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9d063eb51584000190a1e8/7f21224e-75a5-4c11-b08b-f7c45a8b4bda/Bali+Swing+with+Hands+OutstretchedJPEG.JPEG Who Is Cheryl - ARTIST NAME https://www.cherylwrightspeaks.com/connect daily 0.75 2026-06-28 https://www.cherylwrightspeaks.com/my-memoir daily 0.75 2026-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9d063eb51584000190a1e8/1554234575448-618BOOW7O920YTE08AMZ/Coming+out+of+the+Fog_Final+03312019.png Still Standing - Make it stand out I've Found My Voice Life is not perfect. For a long time, I believed the imperfection of my own life was something I had to carry alone — quietly, privately, without burdening anyone with the truth of what had happened to me. The odds were stacked against me practically from birth. As a child, I was molested by my grandfather — the man who raised me as his own daughter, the man who was supposed to be my protector. I was later groomed and sexually assaulted by a family friend, who is the birth father of my daughter. By the time I was thirteen years old, I was pregnant, alone, and carrying a weight of pain and shame that no child should ever have to bear. For years, I moved through the world with that weight. I smiled. I achieved. I kept going. But underneath it all, I was still that little girl who had been taught that silence was safety. It took decades to unlearn that lesson. What happened to me was not my fault. I had no control over the actions of the adults who were supposed to protect me. But I do have control over what I do with my story — and I have chosen to speak it out loud — because I am committed to being for others what I did not have. Still Standing: From Silence to Purpose is that commitment in print. Today Cheryl Wright is an author, speaker, and inspirer. She is a UC Berkeley alumna, President of the Cal Black Alumni Association, a community leader, and an advocate for those who have felt unseen. She has built a life not in spite of what happened to her — but with full knowledge of it. She moves through the world with one conviction: to be for others what she did not have. Still Standing: From Silence to Purpose Some stories take a lifetime to tell. This one took eight years to write. Still Standing: From Silence to Purpose is the debut memoir of Cheryl Wright — a woman who survived childhood sexual abuse, became a mother at thirteen, and testified against her abuser alone in a courtroom. She went on to graduate from the University of California, Berkeley as a single mother, earned a master's degree, built a career, and became an advocate for those who have felt unseen. This is not a how-to guide for healing. It is a testimony. A witness. A voice that was silenced for decades — and is silent no longer. It is written for every person who has carried shame they didn't earn, pain they didn't choose, and a silence they were never meant to keep. For everyone who has survived what they were never supposed to have to endure. For everyone who needs someone to say: where you start is not where you will end. Cheryl Wright is still standing. And after reading this book, you will know that you can stand too. Available July 1, 2026 Want to be the first to know when it's available? Join the list below and you'll hear it directly from Cheryl the moment it drops. https://www.cherylwrightspeaks.com/workwithme daily 0.75 2026-06-28 https://www.cherylwrightspeaks.com/new-page daily 0.75 2026-04-13 https://www.cherylwrightspeaks.com/home-wav daily 1.0 2026-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9d063eb51584000190a1e8/00cefba7-ad70-4cc4-8325-66a9d5f1cd51/Cheryl+website+pic+-+Edited.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9d063eb51584000190a1e8/ded12c8d-092e-456a-9202-5c9e194aea12/Cheryl+Wedding+Picture.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c9d063eb51584000190a1e8/37bab64c-9c31-424c-bf09-c30f51107798/Cheryl_Marlon+Photo+Shoot.jpg