HIGHLIGHTS
- Expertise includes car culture, automotive industry news, interviews, video work, and photography
- Attended drift school once
- Previous work experience: DuPont Registry, Road & Track, Jalopnik, Business Insider
EXPERIENCE
Kristen brings nearly 10 years of experience to the digital automotive media space through blogging, video, and podcasting. Her expertise lies in writing car reviews and features, examining the automotive industry as a whole, and keeping her finger on the pulse of niche car culture.
Her work and photography have appeared in The Motoring Journal and she’s made appearances on Jay Leno’s Garage, Good Morning America, The Smoking Tire Podcast, Fusion’s Car vs. America, the Ask a Clean Person podcast, and Motor Trend OnDemand’s Shift Talkers. Kristen is also currently a host on NBCSN’s /DRIVE.
EDUCATION
The University of Southern California, BA in English and Creative Writing
Fun Fact/Tip/Anecdote/Favorite Product
Kristen enjoys cooking, reading fiction, and watching big, dumb action movies. She is The Drive’s self-appointed Fast & Furious scholar, itself an accolade only because no one else wanted it.
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