Sherry is a geographer, naturalist and writer who has worked in national and regional parks and as the Interpretation specialist for B.C. Parks.

She has run her own business in the field of interpretation, worked with the renowned Royal British Columbia Museum and, in her 25 years on the west coast, has explored it extensively. She is the principal author of Carmanah: Artistic Visions of an Ancient Rainforest, the art book that helped raise awareness and eventually protect the Carmanah Valley, and she instructs on ecotourism at the Sooke Adventure Tourism School and Camosun College in Victoria, B.C.

A great teacher to the young and the not-so-young (will we ever forget how whales hear now that Sherry has had us listen to oven racks?), Sherry has brought several traditions to Maple Leaf, including South African gumboot dancing (optional, of course) and humming to slugs. Sherry is also a musician and photographer with a passion for travel and leads tours around the world.