Media & Press
Cheryl McJoy in conversation.
Verified interviews, features, quotations, guest appearances, press materials, and selected coverage.
Selected Features and Contributions
Selected Features and Contributions
Featured individual
A Veteran's Rise from a Shattering Injury to a Life of Laughter
National Headache Foundation, Strength in Every Story
Social-media feature
Social-media feature
National Headache Foundation
March 16, 2025
Featured individual
5th Migraine Edition
U.S. Pain Foundation
Quoted source
How Veterans Can Find the Support They Need for Headache and Migraine Diseases
U.S. Pain Foundation
July 1, 2021
Quoted source
When Health Care Hurts: Understanding Disparities in Migraine and Headache
U.S. Pain Foundation
June 29, 2021
Quoted source
Clinicians Dismiss Black Women's Pain. The Consequences Are Dire.
Capital B
September 6, 2022
Co-author (co-written by Cheryl McJoy)
Self-Advocacy Tips for Patients of Color
National Headache Foundation
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Areas of Commentary
Areas of Commentary
Accessible travel
Traveling with migraine and chronic pain
Disability, dignity, and inclusive travel planning
McJoyful and restoring neglected dreams
Selfish Self-Love
Traumatic brain injury and lived experience
Veteran experiences and reinvention
Chronic illness, humor, and everyday life
Health disparities and self-advocacy for patients of color
Cheryl speaks from professional and lived experience. Medical questions requiring clinical expertise should be directed to an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Quick Biography
Quick Biography
Cheryl McJoy is a U.S. Navy veteran, migraine advocate, speaker, writer, and accessible-travel professional who has lived with migraine for more than 30 years. She is the creator of McJoyful and the founder of Võime Luxury Travel. Her work explores accessible travel, Selfish Self-Love, migraine, chronic pain, traumatic brain injury, veterans' health, health disparities, grief, humor, advocacy, and reinvention.
Media Inquiries
Media Inquiries
For interviews, quotations, commentary, guest appearances, or deadline-sensitive media requests, contact Cheryl with the outlet, topic, format, deadline, and intended publication date.