A Los Angeles native, Chris is an accomplished writer, director, editor, graphic designer, and digital graphics artist. While studying theater at Rio Hondo College, Chris became interested in writing for the stage. He wrote and directed several plays, including The Long Walk, Dawgs, and Playing Clean,which received an invitation to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s New Works program. His play Dawgs was his first professionally produced play. It has since been performed all over Los Angeles and the Hollywood area, including at venues such as Glaxa and Garder Stages, the Ivar Theater, and the Los Angeles Theater Center. Chris enrolled at the Los Angeles Film School in 2010 and quickly became recognized for his writing and editing skills with his short films Working: A Jazz Musician, Tomia, and Suerté. While at film school, he adapted his play Playing Clean into a short film, which received high acclaim for its writing and editing. After graduating, he worked as a writer and editor on several features and short films, including two episodes for the award-winning web series Encounters, entitled Adobo and Between the Lights. In 2021, his play Lolo was invited to be part of the El Centro del Sur Latinx Theater Festival. Because of Covid restrictions, the play was filmed for the virtual festival. The filmed version went through the film festival circuit, winning several awards, including Best Feature, Best Stage Play, and Best Acting Ensemble. His latest play, Mariposa, a semi-autobiographical piece about a family dealing with the effects of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, opened the 2023 El Centro del Sur Latinx Theater Festival. Chris works as a full-time digital video for Tennis Channel and freelances for NBC Peacock.