Cheryl Knott is a GIS/Data Assistant for The Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance (BNIA) at The Jacob France Institute. Cheryl assists in analyzing a variety of data, such as crime, housing, and a wide range of socioeconomic indicators and has helped to produce many related maps. She is also responsible for maintaining the data that BNIA uses for its publication, Vital Signs, which includes 40 indicators relating to neighborhoods in the city of Baltimore.

Cheryl has a degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in geography with a focus on social and urban geography. Additionally, she has a certificate in cartography.