Meet Your DMV Chapter President 

Mer’Cedes Cherry is a mother, advocate, and entrepreneur. Originally from St. Petersburg, Florida, she came to the DMV and found herself navigating one of the most complex cities in the country without a community behind her. As a transplant raising a son with special needs, she often felt alone in spaces that were not built with families like hers in mind. That experience became her purpose. Her son Roy’Ce is 5 years old and lives with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Epilepsy, and Selective Mutism. Everything she builds, every room she walks into, and every fight she takes on — she does it for him and for every child like him.

Mer’Cedes is the Founder and CEO of Medusa’s Muse Creative Talent Management, a disability advocate, media and radio personality, marketing strategist, brand development consultant, and community organizer. She is also a graduate student working toward her Master’s degree. She has testified before the DC Council, challenged DCPS on special education violations, and fought publicly for families that institutions have consistently overlooked. When she steps away from the work, you can find her skydiving or taking aerobatic plane rides — she lives as boldly as she leads.

As President of the Awesomely You Sisterhood DMV Chapter, her goal is simple — to be the person she needed when she first arrived. A space where mothers of autistic children of all backgrounds can find their footing, find their people, and find their voice. No mother should have to figure this out alone. That is why she shows up