A professional with a passion for communications, broadcasting, video, radio, and media prodduction, social justice, equity, integration, and serving others.

Cris is the Program Director at Howard Community College’s Dragon Digital Radio, where she has the opportunity to help in all capacities in the creation and delivery of engaging and educational shows. 

Her life mission is to make a positive impact in her community using her talents and career, she’s looking for opportunities that will allow her to help bridge the existing gaps and create a more inclusive and equitable comunidad para todos.

Cris is constantly looking for ways to serve, empower, and bring opportunities for Hispanics and other minorities in the community through her career, volunteering, and activism, and she is looking forward to expanding her mission through her business.  

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

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Program Director

Dragon Digital Radio 

Howard Community College, Columbia MD                             

February 2011 - Present                  

Link to station      

• Produce, engineer, host, and edit educational programming. 

• Music programming.

• Research, script writing, voicing.

• Producer, host, editor of various talk and music shows.

• Script, shoot, host, edit videos for social media sites. 

• Develop marketing initiatives for the station. 

• Supervise staff and volunteers. 

 

Owner and President

C.O. Communications

Link to YouTube Channel                        

• Freelance Video, Podcast, and Media Producer

• Host       

• Editor                

 

ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY WORK  

 

• Appointed Alianza Latina Commissioner 2022

• Howard County Liasion for Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 2022 

• Appointed to Howard County Local Children’s Board 2022

• Board Member of Columbia Community Care 2022

• Co-chair of La Alianza Latina Workgroup 2020-2022 

• Member of the Women Giving Circle of Howard County 

• Leadership Howard County - 2022/2023 

 

EDUCATION

 

• Bachelors of Art in Electronic Media and Film, 2014     

  • ​Towson University, Towson MD 

• Associate of Arts in Radio and TV Production, 2012     

  • Howard Community College, Columbia MD 

• Associate of Arts in Business Communication, 2011        

  • Howard Community College, Columbia MD