Sister Cheryl A. Esplin was born and raised in Lovell, Wyoming. She graduated from Brigham Young University in elementary education. She and her husband, Max Esplin, are the parents of four sons and one daughter and the grandparents of nineteen grandchildren.
She has served in Relief Society, Young Women and Primary, most recently having served on the Primary general board. Sister Esplin served with her husband when he was a mission president of the North Carolina Raleigh Mission.