Cierra is a Livermore native who started her journalism career as an intern and later staff reporter for the Pleasanton Weekly after graduating from CSU Monterey Bay with a bachelor's degree in journalism and media studies. Over the last decade, Cierra has worked in print, digital media, television and radio. Upon earning a master's degree in digital communications from Syracuse University in 2020, she returned to Embarcadero Media and is now the East Bay division editor. Aside from writing, Cierra enjoys spending quality time with loved ones and her dog Bella, binging crime dramas, practicing yoga and community organizing.
Vocalist and bandleader Stella Heath is set to perform a variety of songs of Nat King Cole’s early career at Pleasanton’s Firehouse Arts Center this month.
