Visionary. Advocate. Conceptualist.

About Cherie Travis

Cherie Travis is an attorney, but also a visionary. She is an advocate, but also a conceptualist. Where others see problems, she sees only possibilities. Where others see obstacles, she sees only solutions.

“I just feel like there’s so much that can be better in the world,” she said.

Cherie Travis, who is based in Chicago, lists her passions as being jobs, housing, animals and the environment, and strives to meet the challenges presented in each of those realms. When she sees homeless people living under viaducts, she wonders why they can’t be sheltered in the many abandoned buildings owned by the Chicago Housing Authority. When she considers the issue of youth violence in the Windy City, she advocates for programs that enable young people to pursue their passions, whether they involve athletics, music or the arts. In her mind, structure, expectations, accountability and positive role models can make all the difference.