Active mental health advocate and writer who has spent 20 years serving as a peer support group facilitator for depression and bipolar disorder. After moving to the Bay Area from Washington, DC in 2006, she established a long-term community relationship with WestGate Church and married her husband of eleven years. In 2008, she founded the San Jose Chapter of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) educating others on mood disorders. As a faithful disciple of Christianity and Past President & CEO of DBSA California, her life experiences have fully equipped her to work in a spiritual capacity as a peer mentor and team lead for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) FaithNet Program in Santa Clara County. She initially came to NAMI to volunteer as a Peer Pal in February of 2017, completed their Peer-to-Peer Course along with Youth Mental Health First Aid USA Certification and NAMI California’s Family/Peer Support Specialist Education; she has over 100 hours of training in peer support. As time permits, Kristin is also a spiritual mentor for CityTeam’s Heritage Home in San Jose. She especially enjoys music, creative endeavors, and making connections with people. She exhibits an extensive, documented history helping all types of organizations and individuals succeed.Demonstrating a vast software knowledge base, Kristin's experience developing, collaborating, and executing projects through their full lifecycle enables her to work independently on complex projects in order to manage information flow. She is a smart minimalist as well as a pragmatic organizer in the support of business, consumer, and social media outreach by making sound decisions with a discerning eye. An adaptable, dependable administrator qualified to support any key business leader and to mentor individuals.COMPUTER SKILLSPC and Mac. Specialties include layouts, image editing, drawing, spreadsheets, word processing, charts, tables and electronic presentations. Platforms and software: Windows, MacOS, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), Google Suite, Lotus Notes, InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Adept with CRM and CMS functions. Competent in social networking sites: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Educated in the use of HTML codes, file formatting, Internet browsers, database functions, accounting systems, and information networks.Specialties:Project Management, Planning/Timelines, Accounting/Budgets, Public Relations, Vendor Management, Customer Service, Graphic Design/Production, Branding/Copywriting, Communications