Cheryl McGrath has been a Reverse Mortgage Account Executive since 2006 and has been in the Reverse Industry since 2002 when she began originating at Financial Freedom. Her interest in helping older adults achieve a quality of life they deserve was inspired by her father who was 61 when Cheryl was born. He taught her that staying physically active, socially involved and mentally alert was a great recipe for successful aging. It made sense to Cheryl that in order to achieve all of these components, financial independence was necessary and her career in Reverse Mortgages began! Cheryl graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.S. in Business Administration emphasizing in Entrepreneurship along with a Minor in Gerontology. Cheryl Graduated in the Top 10 of her class winning achievement awards for her business plan which centered on the successful aging components as described above.