Sheryl Winarick is a U.S. immigration lawyer with over 20 years of professional experience. Previously, she spent 8 years working for national non-profit organizations – Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) & the Justice For Our Neighbors (JFON) program of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR).
Sheryl creatively helps individuals, families, businesses & organizations maximize their potential in the U.S. She represents and advises clients on a wide range of immigration matters, including employment & family based immigrant & nonimmigrant petitions, adjustment to permanent resident status, consular processing, J1 waiver applications, naturalization & humanitarian benefits. She is committed to providing high quality legal advice and representation and treating each of her clients with respect and dignity.
Sheryl’s career is consistent with her greater life purpose – building bridges and deepening relationships to spark joy, cultivate curiosity, and model the possibility of living together in harmony. While initially she was attracted to immigration law as a way to “help people” she now realizes her clients have the most profoundly positive impact on her own life. “Imagine being surrounded by hopeful, solutions-oriented people all the time. Right, that’s my life. My clients inspire me on a daily basis and challenge me to reach my own full potential.”
As a TED Resident, Sheryl spent 3 months in 2016 at the TED office in NY incubating a project to elevate and inform the conversation about migrants and refugees through personal story-sharing in communities across the United States, exploring culture and identity in the context of a changing world. This project, The Art of Migration, is still evolving.
In 2018, she drove over 10,000 miles through 20 countries from Germany to Mongolia in a little car painted by graffiti artists along the way, hosting community gatherings with immigrants, refugees & generational citizens to explore culture & identity in the context of a changing world.
