Jerre Borland News Today

The Berry Queens seek community funding for their 15th Berry Queens’ Ball and pageant at the Sliman Event Center Sep.15, following the creation of Berry Queens LLC.

Former schoolteacher Jerre Borland has always had a creative side. Now that she isn’t in the classroom anymore, the Alabama native and New Iberia resident said she still is able to express herself through her cooking, but she finds time to have fun outside of the kitchen with her family. What’s your kitchen like when you’re baking? It’s a hot mess because there are so many components. My people are like, ‘Oh my gosh mom’s baking again.’ But everyone kind of mo...

While she may be creative when it comes to putting together something truly unique with pen and paper as a writer, New Iberia resident Jerre Borland can also whip up some creative cooking in the kitchen. After moving to the Teche Area around 1996, Borland, an Alabama native, taught high school English and writing in the area for years before going back to college in 2016 to complete her master’s degree in creative writing. When she wasn’t in the classroom, Borland found herself in the...