She is an active volunteer in classrooms working with youth of all ages to support teachers and foster literary arts. In addition, she teaches the Kids’Life Skills Program for homeless youth at the Anacortes Family Center, is a board member for the Skagit River Poetry Foundation, and has a deeply felt interest in and strong commitment to Voices of the Children. Sherry traveled to Jordan with Voices of the Children to help facilitate the poetry component of the Poetry & Art: Cementing a Bond project connecting youth in the Skagit Valley with Syrian refugee children in Azraq refugee camp.