Kristina Lao

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Kristina (she/her), is an Artist-Advocate from Hong Kong with over 15 years working internationally as a consciously multi-faceted creative, curator and Event Producer. She is the first person from Hong Kong to graduate from the London School of Musical Theatre, and holds a degree with honours in International Business from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. As a creator, Kristina is a podcast host, a nationally touring theatre, film and voice actor, and musician and songwriter.

With over five years’ Board and Committee experience on local, Provincial and international organisations, Kristina has also juried, moderated and curated panels around Creative Career Pathways in Media & Entertainment. She is currently consulting independently for select clients, including re:Naissance Opera, Pooni Group, Vancouver Asian Film Festival, DigiBC and Music BC.

Kristina believes in creative hybridity, active community engagement, and the relevance of highlighting and operating in more than only the forward-facing and glamorised careers in entertainment.

The last twelve months

In the last twelve months, Kristina has produced and performed at events for the Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Elimin8Hate, Guilt & Co, Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden and Vancouver Mural Festival, and has been filming and narrating for local and international commercials, TV, and audiobooks. “Shadowlands”, a film Kristina played co-lead in, recently won a Leo Award. Her weekly Health, Wealth and Lifestyle podcast, Bombshell Brunches, has been licensed by Optik TV On Demand, and she and co-founder Raquelle Roodenburg were selected for Storyhive’s inaugural livestream series initiative to interview and highlight over 35 local changemakers and businesses in the Lower Mainland.

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