Christina D. Eskridge, MPH is the founder and executive director of Elevate Theatre Company LLC, a company dedicated to creating space for audiences and artists to explore health and well-being through the art of storytelling. She is a performing artist, teaching artist, director, playwright and public health professional, holding a Master’s Degree in Public Health from UC Berkeley. Christina has worked to fuse her two passions of health and theater through her performances, teaching artistry, and her extensive work in health care at Kaiser Permanente. Elevate has works with a variety of health and arts partners including the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and the American Sexual Health Association. Serving in many roles across the Arts in Health field, including as the National Mapmakers Coordinator with One Nation/One Project's Arts for EveryBody Campaign and on the board of the National Organization for Arts and Health (NOAH), Christina believes live theater is a healing tool, ripe with opportunity to build community and improve well-being for all.