Cheryl Cecile Casone was born on July 18, 1970, in Clearwater, Florida, in the United States. Her father was a government building advisor, and she lived in cities such as Ohio, Dallas, and, at the time, Phoenix, Arizona.
Thunderbird High School was where she finished high school in 1988. She then enrolled at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. In 1992, she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations.