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Sherry D . Hill is an author , artist , motivational speaker , hurricane survivor , former coordinator of the South Central Regional of the Professional Football Players Mothers Association a . k . a . NFLMOM , and the recipient of Newsome ' s Award Honor in 2016 , in Baltimore , Maryland .
Most importantly , she is the proud mother of the late NFL player , Marquise Y . Hill . She graduated with a BS Degree in Art Education , and a minor in Sociology , from Alabama A & M University in 1979 , during time which she pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority . She also attended the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts and SUNO of New Orleans for elective studies . Overcoming all odds as a young single mother , she has ten years of education experience to her credit , in addition to sixteen years working for the Federal Government . One of her proudest achievements was the five years spent working as a juvenile counselor at the New Orleans Police Department , where she used the story of her son ' s life as an example to help mentor troubled youth . Ms . Hill has been a Toastmaster International member for ten years .
Ms . Hill has authored The Marquise Hill Story – From the Cradle to the Bowl , where she gives a heartbreaking account of losing her only son in the prime of his life , in a tragic jet ski accident on Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans . Her other book , The Linesman , exposes the pain she endured while offering nuggets of inspiration . She cannot speak enough about the the value of spending quality time with one ' s children to guide them on the right path and help them find their true selves .
While writing her first book , Ms . Hill was interviewed by the New York Times , the Boston Globe , the Boston Herald , HBO ' s Inside NFL , the NFL Network , Channel 26 , Channel 4 , the Times-Picayune , Baton Rouge Advocate , Standard Times , Chicago Times , and TV One . She was also featured on the cover of Chicago ' s Vindicated Magazine .
Her son , Marquise Hill , was inducted in the Hall of Fame during a ceremony held in his honor at De LaSalle High School on March 29 , 2008 . www . nflsherryhill . com hill . sherry9469 @ gmail . com hillmmarquise09 @ hill . sherry9469