Sydney Sherwood's younger brother Billy was diagnosed with Stage 4 High Risk Neuroblastoma when he was 13 months old in 2008. Sydney is 5 1/2 years older than Billy and she will talk about his Pediatric Cancer battle, in which she there every step of the way during his fight and recovery. Sydney considers Billy to be her best friend.
During this period, Sydney became a very talented Singer and Songwriter and in 2019 she published an Extended Play entitled Beauty From Ashes and followed that up during the Pandemic by producing her first album called Headspace.
Sydney also received a golden ticket to go to Hollywood from judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Ritchie after trying out for American Idol.
Sydney's goal with her music is to inspire others and she will always be involved in the cause of Pediatric Cancer, mostly through her work in the Arms Wide Open Foundation, which was started by her well known and well accomplished Pediatric Cancer Advocate mom Dena and her father Billy.