Cheryl Renée Sacks was born in Albany, New York, in 1960, and lives in Lanesboro in rural Berkshire County, Massachusetts. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Master of Science degree from Boston College,Massachusetts. Her photographic journeys have taken her to Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Her work appears in numerous private and public collections, and in galleries in Boston and Berkshire County, Massachusetts.