Cheryl Diaz Meyer is an independent photojournalist based in Washington, D.C., who won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography with David Leeson in 2004.
[1] Cheryl Diaz Meyer was born on February 25, 1968, in Quezon City, Philippines and moved to the United States at the age of thirteen.
[4] Diaz Meyer then attended Western Kentucky University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Photojournalism.
[2] Recognized for her work in war zones, Diaz Meyer wrote about her experiences for the Nieman Reports in 2006.
In 2004, Diaz Meyer was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography with David Leeson for their photographs of the war with Iraq.