Kristina Byrd (she/they)

Change Manager 

‌Program Management Office (PMO)

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‌Hidden talents: poetry, languages...and juggling  

April 17, 2024

Kristina's Hidden Talent 

Tell us about your role as a change manager in the Program Management Office (PMO). 

As a change manager, I provide a structured and intentional approach that prepares, equips, and supports individuals through change. Whether that’s a new tool, process, or system, having a people-first approach is key to my role.

What is your hidden talent? 

I have a few! Ranging from simple to more complex; I can juggle, a talent I’ve had since grade school. Which is always easy entertainment! I write poetry. I have a few that are published. I mostly write for other people. I'll be inspired by someone, and I will write based on their energy or maybe an experience they’ve shared with me. I usually gift the poem to them. Lastly, I speak English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. 

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FAVORITE COOKIE JAR TREAT

Oatmeal Raisin (chewy, freshly made)

Bloom  

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‌With humble beginnings surrounded by uncertainty, her journey begins 

‌Days filled with quiet and darkness, a recurrence of comfort 

‌Breaking through her own barriers a seemingly impossible feat,

‌Yet a feeling of warmth fills her darkest layer and in this moment of vulnerability she unfastens

‌With newfound freedom, reaching for the warmth for which she desires, darkness dissipates

‌With brightness in her eyes, she reaches up to her muse so as to call out, I am here, I have arrived 

And in that moment, the comfort that once was, a distant memory, for there is freedom found within her colorful display 

The world stops to acknowledge her beauty, unknowing of the chains from which she broke through 

A well-kept secret only adding to her radiance  

For she has bloomed 

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-Kristina Byrd 

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