Raven Parks is a Jackson native and an alumna of Pat Brown School of Dancing, where she studied dance and tumbling. She started cheering Madison County Parks and Recreation and YMCA. She continued to cheer for Jackson Middle, Rose Hill Middle, Jackson Central Merry High School, Northside High School, and Memphis Elite. Her dance and tumbling training also started at a young age at Pat Brown School of Dancing, Southern Extreme, and Jackson 10 Allstars. She continued on into college cheering with Bethel moved University and The University of Memphis. She later graduated college with her Bachelor’s and Masters’s in Early Childhood Education.

Raven served as an instructor for the Universal Cheerleading Association and at numerous clinics and camps throughout the southeast region. She made over 10 appearances competing notionally and won 7 championship titles. She coached Jackson Christian cheerleaders for 4 years and brought back 6 first place trophies in their division at UCA camp. She currently works for West TN Healthcare as a Family Support Specialist.