Chrisel is a cultural practitioner committed to dismantling systems of inequity. Born and raised in Harlem, New York, she is the daughter of immigrants. Her upbringing instilled a clear understanding and a responsibility to advancing collective liberation for historically marginalized voices. Her experience spans community organizing, cultural programming, and public-facing initiatives across New York and California. She has directed cultural programming in East Oakland, co-authored a book on addressing diversity within higher education and participated in a Roadtrip Nation documentary series interviewing public servants across the country.
Ensuring access to the arts for historically underserved populations is integral to her impact and merging creative strategy to legal solutions is how she maximizes her practice. From poetry, modeling and event curation, she takes self-care pursuits and pours them into the community she serves, bringing both analytical precision and soulful awareness to her personal mission. On the weekend you can find her hiking, reading philosophical text or engaging in political dialogues.