A native of Austin, Texas, Chris attended Tulane University of Louisiana in New Orleans from 2012 to 2017, when he graduated with degrees in architecture and political science. Chris works to facilitate critical processes to question systems of social relations, particularly those upholding hierarchies of race, class, gender and sexual orientation as facilitator of JAWS 2. As a member of the Paper Monuments team, Chris works to amplify the stories that make New Orleans. Through the Freedom School of Design, Chris conducts advocacy, research and co-design projects which aim to engage racialized cultural and political spaces through an antiracist, intersectionally feminist lens. Chris is currently pursuing architectural licensure as a designer with Wisznia Architecture+Development in New Orleans, LA.