Born and raised in San Gabriel Valley, Christopher is a proud Chicano and child of Mexican Immigrants. His love of stories came at an early age out of necessity and curiosity.

Growing up in a low-income household, Christopher’s source of entertainment didn’t come from going to movie theatres, performing arts venues, or cable TV that they couldn’t afford. Rather, he turned to public after-school television, Saturday morning cartoons, and old VHS tapes that he would beg his parents to buy for him at their weekly weekend trip to the swap meet. This conscious search for stories led to him developing and creating his own stories at a young age to fill the gap he wanted in his life. What started as hypothetical continuations of existing plot lines in those TV shows or films on VHS slowly became the development of his own original stories and characters.

It wasn’t until high school that he signed up for a random elective course (theatre and marching band/color guard) that his passion for storytelling blossomed. He learned the beauty of storytelling techniques through theatre and the freeing nature of movement-based storytelling in color guard. He continued doing theatre throughout high school and even performed on the local community stage (Covina Center for the Performing Arts) in their “Young Performers” program, before it ultimately closed in 2015.

Afterwards, he continued his passion into college, where he studied and received his AA in Theatre from Citrus College and BA in Theatre Arts from CSU Long Beach. It was at Citrus College that he uncovered his strength in screenwriting when taking an Introduction to Screenwriting course and being awarded the “Emerging American Voices” fellowship from the college, which was presented to 2-4 students a year with exceptional skills in screenwriting. The first act of his screenplay “Human Possession for Morons” went on to receive a staged reading, produced by the college.

His thirst for knowledge of storytelling then pushed him to strengthen his resolve as a multi-hyphenate and went straight to grad school, where he got an MFA in Writing for Television, Film, and Theatre at Cal State LA.

In the world of theatre, Christopher quickly became known as the “Young Multi-Tool” of the LA Theatre Scene. Having done freelance producing, directing, educator, and production coordinating work, he quickly rose to work alongside award-winning organizations such as Center Theatre Group and Pasadena Playhouse, & collaborating with esteemed theatre artists such as Larissa FastHorse, Paul Raci, and Kirsten Vangsness.

As a filmmaker, he started off as a screenwriter at the community college level and wrote independently as he continued his theatrical studies. Once he entered his MFA program, he had reawakened his love and passion for producing and screenwriting. He produced many of his peers’ projects or became an advisory producer for their final thesis projects.

Currently, Christopher is continuing to work toward his dream of being a working writer for the stage and screen. Presently, he works as the Marketing Events Lead at Center Theatre Group & as a Teaching Artist for Pasadena Playhouse. He is also on the Board of Directors at Theatre of NOTE and is the current Grant Writing Committee Chair on the board.

When not working the freelancer life, you can probably find Christopher working on his collection of Vinyl and Comic Books, reading from his mini-library collection of novels, or playing the latest video game.