Cristina brings more than 20 years' communications experience to her collaborations with nonprofits, museums, and educational organizations. Annual reports. Member magazines. Website content. Museum exhibits and magazine articles. These are a few of the ways Cristina assists her clients. As an editor and project manager, Cristina manages all aspects of publication and/or project completion. She assigns and oversees writers and photographers — both staff and freelance. She manages relations with printers, designers, and other experts and service providers. She drafts and manages budgets and resources. And, she always strives for a better path forward, readily identifying new solutions for longstanding challenges.As a writer, Cristina researches and drafts stories about ecosystems, connections, and what happens when modern life breaks or changes those connections. Recent pieces explore climate change adaptation, the astounding recovery of black-footed ferrets, and the impacts of climate change in vegetable gardens.Cristina's communications consulting has assisted and solved challenges for local, regional, and national nonprofits and educational institutions.Cristina's articles and photographs appear in regional and national magazines, both in print and online.Specialties include: • Project management, both print and online • Oversight of writers / photographers, both freelance and staff • All aspects of the editorial process, from initial idea through print and distribution • Research / writing / editing for communications, publications, and interpretive exhibit panels • Website writing, usability and content management • Email newsletters and social media • Writing for annual reports, member magazines and more • Website usability and online communicationsProjects include: • membership magazines • annual reports • project reports and other communications materials • website narrative • budgets / communications plans

I oversaw and managed the editorial and production schedule for Bird Conservation magazine and Bird Calls blog for American Bird Conservancy. Bird Conservation magazine is a quarterly full-color membership magazine for members of the American Bird Conservancy. On average, each issue includes three feature articles, a Q+A with an expert, and several department pieces.My responsibilities included the following for Bird Conservation magazine and the Bird Calls blog: • editorial direction • production management and schedule • writing • assignment of feature articles and department pieces to freelancers and staff • content editing and copyediting • fact checking • review and approval of proofs

Smithsonian Zoogoer Magazine is a quarterly, 48-page, full-color membership magazine for members of the Smithsonian's National Zoo. On average, each issue includes three in-depth feature articles, an assortment of departments, calendar items, class listings, and a children's section. Special issues also include the Friends of the National Zoo annual report and the Friends of the National Zoo wall calendar.My responsibilities include all aspects of management and production for Smithsonian Zoogoer Magazine, including: • editorial direction • budget creation, including suggestions for cost savings and improvements • production management, including relationships with printer, designers, freelance writers, etc • writing • assignment of feature articles and department pieces to freelancers and staff • image acquisition • content editing and copyediting • fact checking • placement of ads and promotional messages • review and approval of proofs and final printer sign-offAlso responsible for management and creation of Friends of the National Zoo annual report and wall calendar.Notable successes include: • Returned magazine to an on-time delivery schedule within several months of contract initiation, correcting a 3-4 month schedule deficit. • Developed and implemented production schedule to ensure ongoing on-time delivery. • Identified substantial budget cost savings, including renegotiating the printer contract for substantial annual savings. • Reintroduced annual report to publication. • Increased quality and quantity of content, growing publication from 40 pages to 48 pages.

Write, research and develop content and messaging for interpretive exhibit panels. Guide the planning, installation and long term maintenance processes for exhibit panels. Determine exhibit and messaging priorities for the institution.

Write and develop content and concepts for New England Aquarium publications and exhibits.