Cheryl Pickering-Moore

Cheryl Pickering-Moore (born 14 December 1950) was one of the first two women to fly as a pilot for the Guyana Defence Force and a pioneer aviator in her native Guyana. In 2013, she was recognised in Guyana with a postage stamp issued with her likeness.

Early life Cheryl Pickering was born on 14 December 1950 in Georgetown, Guyana, to Pearl and Layard Pickering. As the fifth of eight children in her family, she grew up in the Kitty neighbourhood of Georgetown, attending Comenius Moravian Primary School. She then continued her education at St. Joseph High School.

Career In 1968, after graduating from high school, Pickering became a student teacher at Malgre Tout Government School in Demerara. The following year, she transferred with the Ministry of Education to serve as a secretarial typist in the Faculty of Law at the University of Guyana. The following year, she became a Second Lieutenant, one of the few women officers in the Women's Army Corps. In 1975, she served as one of the colour guard for the visit at the Timehri International Airport of the first female prime minister, Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka. That same year, she married Stanley Moore and the young couple moved to the Campbellville neighbourhood of Georgetown.