Kristen Steele

Kristen Reya Steele is a creative writer and mission-driven entrepreneur with over 15 years experience working with nonprofits and cause-based campaigns. Kristen career as an environmental activist began at age 10 when she started a Kids for Saving the Earth club on her playground. Her commitment to grassroots organizing for a healthier tomorrow has remained constant in the 23 years since and she has continued to develop her skills at campaign organizing and storytelling through various networks. Kristen's notable accomplishments include hiking across Costa Rica at age 19, spending 45 days living 100 ft up in a tree sit on a forest defense campaign at age 20, starting a grassroots nonprofit - Charleston Moves - at age 21, and later (age 29) a sole-proprietor business selling two coloring books she created (Let's Walk to School and Let's Bike There) which have sold over 600,000 copies across the U.S. Kristen has volunteered with numerous groups including Earth Save, the South Carolina Aquarium, the John Acrum SPCA, and the Sierra Club. She spent six years as Communications Director and Benchmarking Project Manager at the Alliance for Biking and Walking, the national coalition of biking and walking groups where she co-authored numerous books and reports and led a national research project funded by the CDC. From August 2010-August 2015 Kristen moved from San Francisco to rural Cascadia where she worked with her family to grow a food forest and build a natural home while hosting workshops, volunteers, and student groups. Since 2013 Kristen has been developing media to support the transition to a healthy sustainable food system. She currently has several interrelated book and media projects in various stages of development and has relocated to Los Angeles, CA to connect to creatives, investors, and change-agents to see them to fruition.

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