Christina Collins-Smith is an arts advocate, artist, poet, and cultural events coordinator currently working as the Coordinating Director for Common Ground on the Hill, a traditional music and arts organization in residence at McDaniel College, where she earned her BA and MLA degrees concentrating in Studio Art, Art History, Cross-Cultural Studies, and Writing.

She is the co-founder of Common Ground on the Hill's Roots Music & Arts Festival, serves on the Boards of Directors of Common Ground on the Hill at McDaniel College, Carroll Media Communications as Director of Development, The Cumberland Cultural Foundation - C. William Gilchrist Museum of the Arts, is the Founding Director of OneTree Productions, and an adjunct faculty member of the Division of Fine and Performing Arts at Carroll Community College.

Christina can be reached by email at cdcsmith@gmail.com, by phone at Common Ground on the Hill 410-857-2771, or by snail mail at P.O. Box 216, Cumberland, MD 21501.