Ms. Eaton graduated from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado in 2006. She is currently the Social Services Program Manager for Jicarilla Behavioral Health located in Dulce, NM. She co-coordinates the Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) for Dulce. In 2017, she received the Excellence in Advocacy Award from the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW). She currently provides domestic violence and anger management classes for the RRI program in Towaoc, CO.

Cheryl also heads the Native American Committee for the Inter-Personal Violence Death Review Team for New Mexico. The Native American Committee collaborates with tribes and Native American organizations statewide in an effort to facilitate reviews of death related to intimate partner violence and sexual assault occurring on tribal lands and those involving a Native American victim or offender regardless of the incident location.