Cristal Hines is a bold and tenacious Social Worker, Therapist, and Consultant who pursues both tenacious advocacy and individual healing through her work. She is deeply committed to equity, anti-oppression, and anti-racism—examining and uprooting the systemic inequities that create access for some while excluding others. Her approach is grounded in a liberation ethic that honors the interconnected experiences of individuals and the interlocking systems that shape their realities.

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With over eight years of experience across education, mental health, youth justice, community activism, and development, Cristal has consistently identified and challenged institutional practices that make systems inaccessible to marginalized communities. She has successfully advocated for policy reform and systemic transformation that directly impacts those most often left behind.

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Cristal collaborates with individuals, communities, and organizations—especially centering racialized youth and women—to co-create equitable, anti-oppressive programs and policies. Her work promotes community-rooted leadership and the development of systems that are built by and for the people they serve.

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As a registered therapist, Cristal also supports healing at the individual level through culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and faith-integrated care. She believes that transformation must happen both systemically and personally—that liberation is collective, but healing is intimate.

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Through her work, Cristal embodies a calling: to disrupt unjust systems, to create spaces of restoration, and to pave the way for equity, dignity, and generational wholeness.