About Dr. Cheryl

Dr. Cheryl Rich is a Community Resource Strategist, frontline community service advocate, and leader in evidence-based, trauma-informed healing. While Dr. Rich has worked with individuals from both privilege and poverty, she is especially driven to serve those who are often overlooked, written off, or deemed “too far gone.” 

She has also worked at the intersection of the Entertainment and Sports/Esports Mental Health industries, including serving as Executive Producer alongside Doug DeLuca, Co–Executive Producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live. 

As a selected member of the Clergy Faith Mobilization Advocacy Group, Dr. Rich is extending her intensive trauma intervention methods into the field of gang intervention. Having spent more than two decades on the front lines of community crisis, she has mediated conflict, de-escalated violence, bridged leaders with impacted individuals, and created pathways toward accountability, healing, and reconciliation. Her approach integrates spiritual grounding with practical intervention, recognizing that true transformation requires both inner healing and real-world support. 

As Overseer of the 508(c)(1)(A) nonprofit Helping People Grow Association, Dr. Rich leads community-based outreach that meets people where they are — in their pain, their struggle, and their potential. She is also a Certified Victims Mediator and Trauma-Intervention Specialist, working with individuals experiencing deep hopelessness, trauma, and life instability. 

Dr. Rich’s leadership is rooted in lived experience. Having overcome addiction and incarceration, she embodies the truth that redemption is real, restoration is possible, and purpose can rise from brokenness. She holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, and an Honorary Doctorate in Divinity from Word of God International University, bringing a rare blend of clinical insight and spiritual authority to her work.