In 1998, Chrissy Arya’s family became kinship foster parents of a teenager.  Since then, Chrissy has experienced the realities of trauma and how it affects children and adults as they grow. Chrissy stepped away from her career as a Supervising Dialogue Editor for a video game studio to become a full time foster and adoptive mom in 2018. In addition to lived-experience, Chrissy continues to grow her knowledge of loving and supporting foster/adopted youth and families by reading and participating in support groups and seminars. To her, the most loving thing you can ever do is just to sit, listen, and hold the heavy things with those who are hurting.