Education and experience helped define Cheryl Stallworth-Hooper’s destiny. So did a whole bunch of letters that came to her childhood home trimmed in red, white, and blue. Stallworth had uncles in the U.S. Navy, and letters would come to her family in distinctive envelopes from other countries or ports of call. “I thought, ‘When I grow up, I am going to see the world,’” Stallworth said. “And I’ve been fortunate because I have seen the world.”