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Kristina Wong is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer, comedian, performance artist, actor and elected representative in Koreatown, Los Angeles. Most recently, Kristina became one of six recipients in the nation of the very prestigious Doris Duke Foundation Award for excellence in her field. During her recent sold-out run at The Kirk Douglas Theater at Center Theater Group in Los Angeles, the LA Times, named her show, Kristina Wong: Sweatshop Overlord, a "Must See Show," which premiered at New York Theater Workshop and The New York Times called it a "Critics Pick." The show garnered a veritable awards sweep including The Drama Desk Award, The Lucille Lortel Award and The Outer Critics Circle Award. As a published writer, Wong's work is included in Routledge's Contemporary Plays by Women of Color. Wong wrote the introduction for The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide To Mask Making, Radical Care and Racial Justice published by University of California Press. She is currently developing a new work during her three-year Artist-in-Residence at ASU Gammage. Other career highlights include the Visionary Award from East West Players, "Local Hero Of The Year" nominee from KCET/ PBS, Asian Pacific Honoree from Fuse TV and the Best Of Arts Los Angeles issue from LA Weekly.