About ME
Hi, I’m Chrissy. I am a strategist who works at the intersection of design, research, and emerging technology. I balance a designer’s attention to detail with a visionary’s instinct for where things are heading. Collaboration is at the heart of my process, especially when the problems are complex and the solutions require imagination, rigor, and more than one discipline in the room.
Born and raised in British Columbia, I grew up with the ocean at my doorstep, mountains in my backyard, and a paintbrush in my hand. That mix shaped me; the outdoors taught me presence, and art taught me how to look deeper. I still approach my work the same way I approached a blank canvas: zooming in on fine detail, and stepping back to understand the larger picture. These days the paint has been replaced by neural and physiological signals, generative tools, and interactive media.
I am extending my work through the ATLAS Institute’s Creative Technology & Design program. I run experiments disguised as art: turning neural and physiological signals into immersive, real-time visuals. I make the invisible parts of human connection visible to explore how shared states like empathy, synchrony, and collective focus can be sparked through responsive environments.
I am building a practice where art, research, and technology work together as instruments for insight that helps people feel more connected so that people thrive together.
Academic journey
I have always been pulled toward the places where disciplines start to blur. I began at the University of British Columbia and later finished a double major in International Business and Fine Arts at Bishop’s University.
That curiosity led me to California College of the Arts for the MBA in Design Strategy. The program was one of the first business degrees built inside an art and design school, created to train leaders who could move fluidly between creative and corporate worlds. It blended strategy, design methods, innovation, and strategic foresight in a way traditional MBAs rarely did; it gave me a foundation for working across ambiguity and disciplines with ease.
Currently I am researching at CU Boulder in the Creative Technology & Design program within the ATLAS Institute. I am technically earning an engineering degree, but in spirit ATLAS is an experimental playground where creative technologists mix research, code, art, and human behavior. It is a place where unconventional ideas stand in ways that shift what is possible.
KIND WORDS
“Community, connectivity, and altruism — these are the scaffoldings that support a human-centered world in a machine-generated future. I know Chrissy to value and embody this because of her demonstration of leadership and forward-thinking initiative. She is an inspiration and her energy is imperative to building a better, healthier societal system.”
Stephen Beal | Former President, California College of the Arts
