Sherrie Silver

Sherrie Silver is a Rwandan-born British choreographer who choreographed the music video for Childish Gambino's 2018 song This Is America. Her choreography won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography the same year.

Early life and education Silver was born in 1994 to mother Florence Silver, one month after her father was killed in the Genocide against the Tutsi. Silver and her mother moved to London, England when she was aged five-years. She attended a Stagecoach Theatre Arts school and co-founded the Children of Destiny dance group when she was aged 11-years, before performing for Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Silver also appeared in the music video for the song.

Silver is a United Nation's International Fund for Agricultural Development youth advocate and met Pope Francis in 2019 as part of that role.

In 2019, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), "announced that Silver was appointed as an Advocate for Rural Youth."