Chrystina Russell

Biography

Chrystina Russell is the executive director of Southern New Hampshire University's Global Education Movement, providing US accredited Bachelor's degrees and pathways to employment across 9 sites in Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Lebanon, and Rwanda. Previously, she was the chief academic officer of Kepler, a nonprofit university program based in Rwanda. In that role, she launched the organization's no-cost-to-students US-accredited degree program in two campuses -- one in Kigali and the other in Kiziba refugee camp. Previously, she was a founding principal of Global Tech Prep, a high-performing, innovative public school in Harlem, New York. Chrystina started her career as a bilingual special education teacher in the Bronx.