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Cheri Langley, PhD, MPH, CHES, is a wife to her husband of 12 years and a mother of two young black children including her 6 year old daughter and her 5 year old son. She is a self-proclaimed writer and an advocate for social and political justice. Her life work has been working with socially disadvantaged populations, particularly black adolescents and their families. For the past 20 years, Dr. Langley has been involved in practice and research involving HIV/AIDS and STI awareness and prevention and adolescent youth risk behavior.

 

Dr. Langley also has a great deal of experience in community based participatory research particularly in underserved and minority populations. She fully believes that all men should be created equal regardless of their past or present circumstances and particularly, regardless of their race or ethnicity. As the author of Dear Black Boy, she is devoted to educating individuals and communities regarding race, systemic racism, and how it affects black and brown families. It is her life work to create social change in the environment around her through her work in the social and behavioral sciences as well as her work through the written word. As a native of Louisville, Kentucky, she currently resides in the area with her husband and two children.