Christina Kosyla is an educator, theatre artist, and accidental rare disease advocate. Her performance and directorial work have been showcased in the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland, and various jazz festivals in Tuscany.
Since her diagnosis with a desmoid tumor in 2018, she has advocated for rare disease research and patient support through speaking engagements on podcasts, social media, and as the keynote speaker at CancerCon 2020. Christina now works as a Program Coordinator with Cactus Cancer Society, which provides free online creative coping workshops for young adult patients, survivors, and caregivers. She lives in New Jersey with her dog, Daisy.