CHERYL AINSWORTH MARTIN was

born in Guyana. She immigrated to the

United States of America a­fter becoming a

teacher in her native land. She received her

masters degree from Brooklyn College, at

the City University of New York.

She retired a­fter thirty-three years of service

in the Public School System. She believes

that poetry is a short-cut to literacy. Many

students like the rhymes and rhythms of

poems, and they learn to remember the

words better if they are written in poetic stanzas or verses.

Cheryl is also a spoken word artist, and a public speaker. She is

the mother of Shari, Nicole and Vanessa Maria Martin. She is the

grandmother of Troy, Trent and Triniti Gaillard.

Education remains her number one priority. She believes that reading

is fundamental, and that education is everybody's business.