Christine Platt

Christine Platt is a multi-genre author and advocate who has carved a unique path in the world of literature & social change.

She holds a B.A. in Africana Studies from the University of South Florida, M.A. in African and African American Studies from The Ohio State University, and J.D. from Stetson University College of Law. Christine currently serves as the Executive Director for Jacqueline Woodson’s nonprofit residency for artists of the Global Majority, Baldwin for the Arts.

Christine is a member of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Association of Black Women Historians, and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. She also serves as an Ambassador for Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.