About Cristina Olds

Cristina Olds won the Carbon County (Montana) spelling bee by guessing how “ohm” was spelled. She lost at the State level on “austere.”

By day, she’s a graphic designer, and by night she’s a teacher at the University of New Mexico Continuing Education. Around the margins of these jobs (and in between many hours of outdoor play), she writes for various local publications about people, the outdoors, books, art, travel and her dog, Butter Cookie.

Posts by Cristina Olds

Burning Questions for Jill Brown, Landscape Architect How Jill uses social media marketing to keep biz blooming

By Cristina Olds | July 2, 2014 |

Jill Brown describes how she found better work-life balance with self-employment, plus a healthy dose of social media marketing.

How to Walk Away From a Sure Thing Drop out; move to Central America; name your career

By Cristina Olds | April 4, 2014 |

From the my office window, I watched red-tailed hawks hunting and mountain bikers riding single-track in the foothills. I longed for more.

Getting Laid Off Rebooted My Career

By Cristina Olds | March 13, 2014 |

It was time to reevaluate my career choice. Did I love design? Should I take another angle and learn AutoCAD and become an architect?

How a Graphic Design Career Found Me

By Cristina Olds | March 7, 2014 |

My first job after graduation was as a secretary, and in my free time on the job, I started designing flyers and poetry books for friends and colleagues.