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The Summer I Turned Pretty

Kristina Arjona (She/Her, They/Them) is proudly a SAG-AFTRA accredited and certified Intimacy Coordinator through Intimacy Professionals Association. They are also a certified Mental Health Coordinator through the Association of Mental Health Coordinators, where they are the Director of Engagement.

Kristina received her BFA in Acting and BA in Theatrical Design & Production from Elon University. Along with ongoing training in the quickly developing intimacy coordination and mental health coordinator fields, she is also Mental Health First Aid Certified and Psychological First Aid Certified.

Kristina has worked in the southeastern film industry for over 12 years on both sides of the lens, and uses their unique skills and training to increase effective communication and safety for everyone involved. They developed the Color Code Protocol, a communication technique and safety standards for working with sensitive material in film, adapted with the help of the sex-positive community, and has spoken about set safety strategies involving intimacy and/or mental health at the United Nations General Assembly, Cannes Film Festivals, Atlanta Film Festival, Women in Film, Out on Film Festival, GA Latino International Film Festival, Actor Empowerment Summit, and the Women in Production Summit to name a few.

Proudly queer and Latina, Kristina is particularly passionate about working with material involving queer stories, BIPOC characters, empowering younger individuals, and trauma-informed care in sexual violence-related scenes.

Her recent credits include Regretting You, Weapons, The Summer I Turned Pretty, XO, Kitty, and George & Tammy .

She is proudly repped by UTA.

See her full credits on IMDB.

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