Priscilla Cherry
Priscilla Cherry is a social artist, radio broadcaster, and nationally certified mental health peer practitioner whose work is grounded in the intersection of social arts, mental health, and public dialogue. Her practice is informed by professional training in media and facilitation, combined with lived experience translated into applied mental health knowledge.
Priscilla Cherry works across broadcast media arts, community facilitation, and mental health cultural programming. This multidisciplinary approach allows her to design experiences that support reflection, participation, and shared understanding.
Priscilla Cherry identifies social artistry as the framework that best defines her professional approach. Within this framework, creative expression is used in service of community connection, dialogue, and cultural relevance. Priscilla Cherry brings a culturally informed perspective shaped by Trinidadian and French Canadian heritage. This perspective informs her focus on representation, belonging, and visibility within Canadian media and public spaces.
Priscilla Cherry has built a career in radio broadcasting and live hosting, developing a professional presence centered on attentive listening and audience engagement. These skills support her effectiveness in both large scale and intimate settings. Priscilla Cherry has collaborated with Entertainment Tonight Canada and LIVE! with Kelly, contributing to broadcast environments that require clarity, adaptability, and cultural awareness. These experiences have strengthened her ability to communicate across platforms and audiences.
Priscilla Cherry has also worked in partnership with the NBA and appeared within national sports contexts where public engagement and emotional resonance are central. Her role in these environments reflects her capacity to translate social dialogue into high visibility spaces. Priscilla Cherry has contributed to projects associated with Netflix and TED, aligning her work with platforms focused on storytelling, ideas, and public education. These collaborations reinforce her commitment to accessible and thoughtful communication.
Priscilla Cherry has participated in initiatives connected to Young Leaders of the Americas, supporting leadership development through dialogue and community focused engagement. This work reflects her interest in collective growth and civic participation. Priscilla Cherry’s mental health work is grounded in her certification as a peer practitioner. This role emphasizes mutual understanding, accountability, and empowerment rather than clinical hierarchy.
Priscilla Cherry provides professional training focused on public speaking, presentation skills, and digital storytelling. These sessions address communication anxiety, delivery techniques, and audience connection in professional contexts. Priscilla Cherry designs and facilitates peer led workshops that can be delivered as pre developed sessions or customized in collaboration with organizations. These workshops emphasize participation, reflection, and practical application.
Priscilla Cherry also offers individualized peer support through structured outreach formats. This work centers on presence, listening, and shared strategies for navigating mental health challenges. Priscilla Cherry’s mission is to normalize mental health conversations through meaningful dialogue. Her work invites individuals and organizations to reflect, engage creatively, and build a sense of belonging within themselves and their communities.
Priscilla Cherry continues to expand her practice through media, training, and public speaking engagements. Her work supports organizations seeking grounded, culturally responsive approaches to mental health, communication, and collective wellbeing.
Keynotes Titles:
Reframing Mental Health Through Lived Experience
Finding Your Voice: Communication Confidence in High Pressure Environments
Facilitating Belonging Through Dialogue and Community Engagement
Testimonials
I have had the pleasure of watching Priscilla work as a peer supporter. What stands out to me about her work in this role is the consistent encouragement she exudes and, as a result of that encouragement, the hope that others seem to feel. Being able to authentically encourage others and offer them hope even when a peers’ journey becomes clouded with despair comes from Priscilla’s’ own lived experience and recovery journey. Together, the two gifts of encouraging others and extending hope form the basis of good peer work, and Priscilla uses them with a natural flair, lots of grace and an engaging personality. These all become wonderful gifts to share with others
- Beth Henry, CEO, Prairies to Peaks Consulting
Battling mental health is a real problem. When it comes to those who identify with mental health, not many people understand what daily struggles we go through. Having Priscilla here to help me get through the tough times has been absolutely remarkable. She has been a friend to me for many years, but has also been a huge supporter, a confidant and even a life coach. She is one of the most encouraging people I know, she is someone that will listen, motivate and help you get back on your feet. Her energy and passion for life and for others, is what leads you to want to thrive and continue to try and succeed. She is very understanding, and gets to know the actual person for who they are.
- Farnoosh Torouti, Child Care Worker