She earned her degree in journalism and communications from the University of Florida. Prior to working for the museum, Kristen has worked as a photographer for the UF Levin College of Law, The Naples Daily News and UF University Relations. She has also served as an adjunct lab instructor for MMC2100 at the UF College of Journalism and Communications and will teach, for the fifth summer in a row, a nature photography weeklong field camp at the natural history museum for rising third through fifth-graders.