Our Team

Executive Director & Co-Founder

Christina is an artist and humanitarian. She has been driven to support the creativity of youth and girls, inspired by her own experiences of utilizing the arts to work through challenges as an adolescent. She was awarded her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Hunter College and her Master of Science in International Affairs from the New School with a focus on conflict and security. She has worked as a consultant with the Population Council, and Assymetrica.

With Colors of Connection, she has designed and implemented programs in Liberia, Burkina Faso and Democratic Republic of the Congo. As Co-Founder and Executive Director she is passionate about creating more space and value for collaborative arts, and artistic healing and expression in places where resources are scarce and traumatic experiences are high.

Creative and Communications Consultant

Laura Hoffman is a creative and communications consultant providing support to individuals and organizations. She is an expressive arts therapist, writer, movement artist, director, producer, and entrepreneur having helped several small businesses related to the arts and design. She helped found one of the earliest HMO acute care outpatient programs with an integrative approach; was a member of the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission from 2014-2020, was a Development Officer for the University of Florida, and Director of Development and Events for Slamdance Film Festival; she is a documentary and commercial film and video producer and owned a movement and performance space as well as co-owned a small design business.

She has a Bachelor’s degree with a double major in Cultural History and Dance; was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982. She has a Master’s degree in Applied Psychology/Dance Movement Therapy and a second Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture. She currently lives outside Los Angeles, CA where she has her consultancy focusing on creative development and business and continues her various movement practices in Alexander Technique, yoga, dance, pickleball, and writing.

Chief Strategy Officer

Amyn is an Innovation and Strategy professional; designing and executing strategies for growth across various industries. He currently works at a Texas-based insurance company as Chief Strategy Officer. Amyn earned his M.A. in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University in addition to a Master’s in Public Affairs and Nonprofit Management from University of Texas.

He has acted as advisor to non-profits, artists, and startups, focused on social impact. With his expertise in non-profit management and international relations, Amyn and his colleagues at Georgetown University came together to provide pro-bono strategic consulting services to budding non-profits to help them scale and increase their social impact and organizational cohesion. Amyn currently resides in Dallas, Texas with his wife Shireen who is a founder of a Digital Health startup.