When Cheyenne's mother was about twelve-years-old, she was determined to play basketball in any capacity she could, and so decided to try out for the boy's team at school. With no program for the girls, she had to work twice as hard to prove herself amongst the other boys. When she earned a spot on the team, she was thrilled, but there was just one catch. She had to cut her hair short like the boys in order to play. Without hesitation, her long brown locks were snipped off, and her shoes were laced up, leading to a fruitful collegiate basketball career and a lifetime of athletic achievements. Perhaps it was her mother's testament to 'Girl Power' that motivated Cheyenne to follow her own athletic journey, but as a young girl, she too found a love for sports, landing on both the basketball court and the soccer field. After finishing fourth in the Illinois State Final soccer tournament in her senior year of high school, Cheyenne traded in her cleats for a pen, paper and camera, studying journalism at Chicago's DePaul University and covering sports, including the DePaul women's soccer team, as a reporter and anchor for the school's television news program. As a recent graduate and a self-proclaimed woman of the world, she now resides in Amsterdam where she teaches English and continues to write, cheering on women's soccer and female empowerment in all its forms.