Kristin has always had an interest in technology, athletics, and the arts. Her athletic interests started on an ice rink in South Park, PA where she had her first skating lesson. Skating eventually lead to ballet, which brought her to New York City at the age of 14, leaving home on her own to study at the School of American Ballet.

At age 15, Kristin ventured solo to Europe for 7 weeks, to study at the Royal Danish Ballet, Centre de Danse International in Cannes, and the Royal Ballet School in London. At 17, after three years of study at SAB, Kristin was taken on as an apprentice at the New York City Ballet, and was offered a corps de ballet contract 7 months later. During her career Kristin suffered severe hip injuries, resulting in three hip surgeries and eventually retirement at the end of 2007. Kristin's work on her website, The Winger, and video work for the New York City Ballet during her injury, lead to the creation of a full time position with NYCB as their Director of New Media. She currently splits her time between working for the company, and working on her personal sites, thewinger.com and a social networking site for the dance community, the-inter-mission.com.

Kristin has appeared on the pages of German Vogue, Lucky Magazine, on the cover of LVHRD MGZN, and in the Columbia Pictures feature film ?Center Stage?. Most recently, she appeared in a television commercial for Apple?s iPhone. Kristin also speaks at conferences and seminars about dance and technology, and has written for dance publications on the subject.