5 Things You Didn't Know About Christina Smith, Executive Director of Groundwork Bridgeport

Groundwork Bridgeport aims to beautify and revitalize Bridgeport, CT while providing opportunities for local youth to learn and engage with their communities. We are impressed by the work they do for local youth and love their commitment to improving the community- we're very excited to be working with them!

Name: Christina Smith

Organization: Groundwork Bridgeport, Inc.

Title: Executive Director

1. WHAT ARE YOU MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT?

I’m most passionate about helping others, in particular young people because they are so full of life and have such great dreams and I want to help keep their happiness alive and support them any way that I can.

2. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO WHEN YOU AREN'T WORKING OR VOLUNTEERING?

I love learning! I have taken at least one class if not more every year of my life. I have taken classes in several languages, I take lots of art classes, and generally love to just continue expanding my mind. Indeed I just started taking a human anatomy and biology class and I’m very much enjoying it.

3. WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL AND WHY?

I don’t have a particular role model but I’m always inspired by those people and stories about others who have followed their passions and achieved things beyond what would be expected of them.

4. WHAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT?

I like to think that I’m really good at learning languages (or at least taking language classes – Japanese was probably the most fun, while I just love the sound of French and Italian) and I also think I’m pretty good at dancing.

5. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU HOPE TO LEARN IN THE FUTURE? (LIKE A NEW LANGUAGE, INSTRUMENT, OR SKILL?)

I hope to learn many things in the future – how to play the piano, I’d like to re-learn the violin and really master the some of the languages I’ve studied. That’s just to name a few. If had the resources, I’d love to get a PhD/MD to understand diseases better and how we could combat disease through the plants and other foods we eat and through nutrition in general.