Sherry Michael Meiday, daughter of bishop Michael Edward Mikhail, an American of Egyptian origin, was born in [[Cleveland]] on 12 October 1976, two years after her parents emigrated to the United States from Cairo. She graduated from [[John Carroll University]] in 1998 She received her doctorate in legal studies from the Case [[Western Reserve University]] in 2001. She worked as a lawyer at the Cleveland office for six years to meet the requirements for running for a judge.