Cheryl Vauk biography: 13 things about Reno, Nevada woman

Who is Cheryl Vauk?

Cheryl Lynn Vauk is an American woman from Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, United States. On Valentine’s Day in 2025, she parked next to Janet Chavez at the parking lot of a McDonald’s in Reno.

Born and raised in California, USA, Chavez works a second job as a delivery driver for DoorDash. She was picking up a DoorDash order when she encountered Vauk in Reno.

“This is for mobile orders, stupid b—h,” Vauk allegedly told Chavez. The former allegedly went on to call the latter “a lazy and dumb c–t”.

Chavez said she was there to pick up a mobile order. Vauk later held up her middle finger so the California native used her cellphone to record the encounter.

“What are you going to say?” Chavez asked Vauk, who was getting closer.

“You’re a b—h,” Vauk said. “Are you illegal? Are you illegal?”

“That is none of your business,” Chavez replied.

“Yeah, it is,” Vauk said. “I pay taxes.”

Later that day, Chavez posted the video on Facebook and it went viral. Here are 13 more things about Vauk:

1. Aside from Reno, she has lived in other parts of Nevada including Lockwood and Sparks.
2. She previously lived in Portola, California, USA.
3. She is 45 years older than Chavez.
4. She is 3 years younger than her husband Edward “Ed” W. Vauk.
5. She was born in 1958.
6. From 1979 to 1982, she attended Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, USA.
7. On October 31, 2000, she and Ed sold a property in Reno to Pershing LLC Nevada.
8. On April 27, 2004, she and Ed sold a property in Sparks, Nevada to Joseph Palmieri and Maribel Palmieri.
9. On April 29, 2004, she and Ed bought a house in Reno, which was constructed in 1986 and appraised in 2010 at $373,721.
10. From 1986 to 1996, she was the director of information technology at Eldorado Resort Casino in Reno.
11. In 1996, she became the president and the chief executive officer of Productive Solutions in Reno.
12. On June 1, 2017, she and Ed attended the meeting of the Washoe County Board of Adjustment in the Washoe County Administrative Complex Commission Chambers in Reno where she said she and her neighbors spent $7,000 to $10,000 deepening their wells for normal water use the last few years. She requested denial of the special use of permit for a group home, which she said would use more water.
13. On December 24, 2020, she and The Beverly Hudson Trust sold a property in Yoncalla, Oregon, USA to Albert Scott Lehman and Janelle J. Lehman.

TIMELINE

2025

• On February 14, 2025, she deleted her social media pages after her encounter with Chavez that day.
• On February 15, 2025, “That Danesh Guy” Danesh Noshirvan revealed her identity on social media.
• On February 19, 2025, she sent an email to Reno Gazette Journal, saying, “We all have bad days. I should not of (sic) challenged the young lady and should not have asked her if she was legal or implied that she is any less deserving of my respect whether she is or not.”