Kristina Drury is a social entrepreneur, designer, educator, and founder of TYTHEdesign. Using a human-centered approach, TYTHEdesign helps organizations engage stakeholders, foster internal innovation, strengthen services, and create resource-efficient programs that deliver social value.

Before founding TYTHEdesign, Kristina led the NYC chapter of Project H Design, a nonprofit focused on product design for social change. She was a lead designer of Learning Landscape, an active-learning playground featured in Cooper Hewitt’s 2010 National Design Triennial. Her background spans corporate social responsibility, education, social innovation, industrial design, and architecture. She holds a Master’s in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture.

Kristina’s work and publications have reached audiences worldwide. She has been recognized as an Innovation Expert for UNDP and presented at the Clinton Global Initiative University conference. As an educator, she has trained more than 5,500 changemakers, with teaching and speaking engagements at Columbia University, Harvard University, and the Cooper Hewitt Museum.

Aliza Sarian is an educator and consultant whose work bridges the arts and social impact. Guided by the belief that creativity fuels civic engagement, she designs learning experiences that help individuals and communities imagine new possibilities for themselves and society.

She began as an arts educator in New York City public schools, where for over 15 years she developed curricula focused on storytelling, personal narrative, and community-engaged theatre. Her classroom encouraged young people to explore identity, empathy, and social responsibility.

Aliza now serves as Lead Curriculum Specialist at TYTHEdesign, developing trainings and civic engagement programs for organizations such as the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development. She has consulted for Lincoln Center, facilitated professional development across North America, and recently served as an artist-in-residence at the University of the Arts Singapore, supporting emerging arts educators.

Across classrooms and civic forums, Aliza translates artistic tools into strategies for participation, equity, and social change.