B. 1992
Black and white photo of Crystal Carrazco, a Latina woman with short dark brown hair wearing clear glasses and smiling, looking to the left.

Credit: Studio Zwerveling

Crystal Carrazco (she/her) earned a Master of Arts in the humanities, with a cinema and media studies focus, from the University of Chicago. Her thesis, “Embracing the Rogue Agent in the Mission: Impossible Film Series,” explored audience reception and stardom in film. She is a member of the Chicago International Film Festival Associate Board.

Carrazco was the summer 2024 Awards and Grants Intern at the Poetry Foundation. Previously, Crystal was a marketing/social media professional who worked at Shure and the American Library Association. She earned a BA in journalism from Columbia College Chicago. She resides in Chicago, Illinois, with her husband and two cats.