Having grown up in rural Vermont, Crystal has always been an avid outdoor recreator. She grew up hiking, biking, camping, boating, and both water & snow skiing. After attending film school at Emerson College, she pursued a decade long career in the film industry in Los Angeles. It only took Crystal 2 weeks to realize Los Angeles wasn’t the place for her, but 10 years to leave. In 2015 she decided to move to Colorado to pursue a work-life balance that included a much higher percentage of backpacking and fishing. Crystal ended up working for Colorado Parks and Wildlife as a videographer, and a few years ago coworkers convinced Crystal to take up hunting. Not only is she now an enthusiastic hunter-- Crystal has also become a Hunter Education instructor, as well as a mentor to a novice young woman. In 2019, the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) awarded Crystal the Stephen Kellert award for “outstanding service in advancing connections between humans and the natural world to all peoples in a diverse and inclusive manner”. That same year she also received Colorado Parks and Wildlife's award for "Best Creative Idea" for the youtube series "My First Big Game Hunt". In this series Crystal filmed herself, a female minority millennial who is afraid of firearms, learning how to hunt big game over the course of a year. In 2020, Crystal left Colorado Parks and Wildlife to pursue working on Inclusive Guide full time, as well as embark on a tandem career as a Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity consultant, trainer, and keynote speaker. In December of 2021 saw the official launch of InclusiveGuide.com. The Inclusive Guide is an online user review platform where users can rate businesses on their experience in regard to their identity, and on the back end, we can give businesses demographic reports showing areas they can improve on with their customers-- providing data driven, economic incentive for businesses and spaces to be more inclusive and welcoming to people who frequently experience discrimination.