Cherrelle éLan is the voice of
a new generation.
Get to know Cherrelle:
Cherrelle started her career behind the camera, in production at 20/20 and PrimeTime, as well as cutting-edge investigative journalism.
Cherrelle received a Peabody Award while working with ABC's news team during the 9/11 Tragedy for her work in interviewing victims and heroes.
Empowering a new generation, Cherrelle initiated the first High School Media Day, Hosted by The National Association of Multi-Ethnicity In Communications (NAMIC), and her Alma Mater The Duke Ellington School of the Arts in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, connecting students with broadcast professionals and media programs at top universities.
Cherrelle is a Magna Cum Laude Graduate of Howard Unversity, B.A. Radio/TV/Film and earned her Masters Degree from Syracuse University, Newhouse School of Communications.
Fun fact: Cherrelle is a member of the first African American Sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.®, and assisted fellow sorority sister, and now Vice President, Kamala Harris during her participation at the 7th Annual Asomugha Foundation Gala.
A Washington DC native, Cherrelle made her first national TV appearance on the Miss Teen USA Pageant on CBS, after winning the Miss Teen DC title.
The first time performing Shakespeare, Cherrelle presented Hamlet’s final soliloquy with the British American Drama Academy, Midsummer in Oxford at Oxford University ‘23
Cherrelle has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and she’s not afraid to use it.
Want to know more? Check out her online resume here.