Kristina Summers works for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resource Division as a senior public relations and information specialist and is a graduate of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. She enjoys being outside in the sunshine, playing baseball with her three children, watching “The Simpsons” and trivia games. Her passion for the environment and human rights is evident in her advocacy work with the DNR, Girl Scouts, the World Wildlife Fund as well as The ONE Campaign of which she is a former director. She was recognized by the NAACP Image awards in 2006 for outstanding social justice for her work with ONE. She lives with her family in Statham, Ga. She often tells people her purpose in life is to leave the planet a little better than she found it.
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