Kristen Wall grew up in Texas and North Carolina. She studied politics at Princeton University and received a masters in Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies from Eastern Mennonite University. She has worked as a writer, editor, teacher, facilitator, and entrepreneur and currently holds a fellowship with the US Institute for Peace. She is also a violist with the Cherry Blossom String Quartet. After leading classes on Nonviolent Communication in prisons, Kristen witnessed the true transformative power of negotiation. She believes that the skills Negotiation Works offers serve as tools for empowerment and can be used to increase personal agency, especially for people who have lived in marginalizing conditions. Kristen joined our volunteer team last year to support our communications and evaluation work and will now also be serving in an instructor’s role.