Meet the New NYWIFT Member: Kristina Libby
Welcome to NYWIFT, Kristina Libby! Kristina is a storyteller, writer, artist, and technology executive living in NYC. She is best known for founding The Floral Heart Project — a national COVID memorial initiative — for which she was named a Hero of 2022 and recognized as a leading public artist for social change. Kristina’s work spans mediums and genres: her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Popular Mechanics, Elle, and Salon, among others. She co-created the award-winning television pilot Penny Starts a Cult and the indie comedy Books, which was recently filmed with Rick and Morty’s Spencer Grammer, Office Space’s Ajay Naidu, and director Micah Khan. She’s also a novelist represented by Sterling Lord Literary, a former one-woman show performer, and an artist whose work has been exhibited at Spring/Break, the Arizona Historical Society Museum, and the Milwaukee Art Museum. In our interview, Kristina discusses her unique journey across art, tech, and storytelling — and how she finds power in combining them all.
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