Christina Laanen is a multimedia designer and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received both her BA in Art and MA in Multimedia from California State University East Bay. In the classroom, she is actively engaging, exciting and developing the next generation of graphic designers and multimedia specialists. Ms. Laanen also performs freelance work with local companies and non-profit organizations. In both her roles, Ms. Laanen brings her students and clients into the design process as collaborators. With an open and adaptive design style, she enjoys the challenge of creating solutions for new and different problems.