Cheryl Krajna is a lifelong Buffalo-area resident, and has been a writer and local history buff her entire career. She is a former newspaper journalist, a published author, and has written hundreds of articles and other types of communications for various audiences.

She sits on the board of the Erie County Historical Federation, is a member of the Buffalo History Museum Programs & Collections Committee, and has been a judge for Western New York History Day (the local affiliate of National History Day) for several years.

Cheryl is a Fellow of the Western New York Writing Project (the local affiliate of the National Writing Project), and organized WNYWP’s Young Writers’ Festival for more than 100 pupils in grades 3-8.

She holds an MA in Integrated Marketing Communications from St. Bonaventure University, and a BS in newspaper journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

About BADASS BUFFALO BABES

Buffalo has no shortage of remarkable women. You’d never know it from the local history shelf.

After years of coming up empty at bookstores and libraries, I decided to write the stories myself. These posts celebrate the women who lived, worked, and made their mark in the Buffalo area — the highlights, the achievements, the moments worth remembering.

This isn’t a genealogy project or an academic archive. Just good stories about women who deserve to be known.

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