Faith Ward, 22, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ first member from New Zealand, described cultural adjustments in a People interview published Friday, June 26. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders rookie explained learning NFL rules and daily life in the United States after being recruited via social media in July 2025.

She later tried out for the 2026-2027 season, sending in an audition video back in March and later attending the finals in June. Just a week into the month, she was spotted on DCC’s Instagram in a carousel of the 2026 rookie candidates.

Speaking with PEOPLE, the women, who have spent over the last 30 years, working with the organization, share whether retirement is on the horizon

After years of fighting for a true living wage, the squad was, frankly, kind of thunderstruck when they received word that they'd be getting an approximately 400 percent pay bump as they headed into the 2025 season. Describing it as a "drastic change ...

Remember Victoria Kalina? She was a main character in season one of the Netflix show America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Her mother – Tina Kalina – was also on the DCC back in the day.

"I do feel like a lot of people are taking it and turning it into more of a negative intention," Weaver tells PEOPLE of her decision to step down from the squad