“For 20 years, Christina has been a prominent figure in the Boston Interior Design Community,” said Felice Silverman BAC ’92, IIDA, President and Principal at Silverman Trykowski Associates. “She has demonstrated her commitment to the profession as a designer in her own successful practice, as an educator and as a mentor, and as a leader in professional associations and initiatives.” Alumni who receive this award are considered to be those who bring honor to their professions and provide exemplary service in the fields of Architecture and Interior Design.

Christina earned a certificate in Interior Design from the BAC in 1990 after an accomplished career in social work. “Design and social work are actually closely connected,” said Christina. “In fact, my husband is fond of saying that as a social worker I used to help people work on their interior interiors, but now as an interior designer I help them work on their exterior interiors.”

Christina uses expertise that she developed early in life to create a highly collaborative environment that has become the signature of her practice. She believes that one of her roles as a designer is to help each of her clients find a personal voice in the design process. Her working relationships with architects and artisans result in stylish, functional spaces that reflect clients’ tastes and needs.

Christina has also emerged as a leader in a variety of professional organizations, including her role on the founding committee of the International Interior Design Association (New England Chapter) Business Leaders Forum and her eight subsequent years of service on the committee, including one year as chair of the event, and her past role as president of the New England Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASIDNE). She is the current president of the Massachusetts Interior Design Coalition (MIDC) , a non-profit group that seeks to advance the status and standards of the interior design industry within the state.

Christina has dedicated her time and expertise to the BAC as a Thesis Representative, a member of the Interior Design Advisory Board and as a mentor to students at the BAC and at Wentworth Institute of Technology.

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