Kristin is new to the state of Virginia. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon. After attending a performing arts high school. She moved to the California Bay Area to Study Theater at Mills College in Oakland, Ca. She later transferred back to Oregon and attended Portland State University, where she decided to step away from the stage and began a 22-year position with Southwest Airlines. After early retirement from SWA, she went back to school and received her LMT certification and was tapped by Lakewood Theater in Lake , OR to return to the stage. She was cast as Delores Van Cartier in “Sister Act,” where she was awarded the 2018 OTAS award for best actress in a musical. Since then, Kristin has been cast in roles from “Lorrelle Robinson” in Dreamgirls to “Alma Hix” in The Music Man and the recent production of The Color Purple, the musical at the Little Players Theatre in Bedford, VA.