Kristen is an Emmy Award-winning writer, director, and showrunner specializing in kids and family content. Most recently, she produced and directed The Potty Training Special for Ms. Rachel and directed for Sesame Street. Previously, she served as a staff writer on Disney Junior's RoboGobo and as the story producer and head writer for Nick Jr.’s PAW Patrol: Eye-Spy a Rescue! podcast. She is currently freelancing across several series as both a writer and director while actively developing original children’s media properties.

Kristen has showrun Blippi’s Treehouse (Moonbug Entertainment, Amazon Kids+) and the Emmy Award-winning playground-building series Giver (TVO, Ion). A true multi-hyphenate, she has produced, written, and directed Sunny Side Up, Sprout’s live daily preschool show; Noggin Knows, Noggin’s educational anchor series; and My Stay-at-Home Diary, a pandemic docuseries for kids that aired on TVO and PBS.

As a writer, Kristen has contributed to Netflix’s Ada Twist, Scientist, Mattel's Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, Apple TV+’s Sago Mini Friends, Cartoon Network’s Lucas the Spider, Nickelodeon’s Abby Hatcher, and PBS’s Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. She has created segments for Sesame Street, developed properties with authors including Mo Willems and Eunice and Sabrina Moyle, and directed for Sinking Ship Entertainment, Noggin, Pinkfong, and The Jim Henson Company. Kristen also served as a creative development executive at Apple TV+, helping to launch the service in 2019.

Kristen holds a master’s degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she focused on how children’s cognitive development is shaped by screen-based technology. Raised in a family of farmers, she brings a grounded work ethic and a commitment to creating children’s media with impact beyond the screen.

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