Kristina Dei
Cultural Anthropologist, Consultant, and Writer in San Diego, California, United States
Founder and Acting Director of Go Global Media (goglobalmedia.com) @2kdei
Polyglot Cultural Anthropologist, Dual Citizen (EU/US). UCSB Alumni, International Relations, Journalist/Editor, Geopolitical Risk Consultant. Go Global Media: OSINT Intelligence, PR, HUMINT, #DigitalDiplomacy, #CVE.
-Listed "Top Global 100 Geopolitical Policy Experts" on Twitter, 2017. Top 50 Twitter #NatSec Accounts to Follow, 2016. Top 50 Twitter Accounts to Follow, 2015.
2007-2017 Journalism/Media: contributed to/been quote by/referenced by or content edited for: Yahoo News, GeoTV, DAWN News, ToloNews, DoS, ECFR, LATimes, NYTimes, WAPO, Der Spiegel, National Geographic, BBC World Have Your Say, VOA DC, VOA Afghanistan, Reuters Iran, TBN/Waziristan, PAK DefMin, RFE/RF, USAid, Military Times, Stars & Stripes, DW, AFP, AP, Various Embassies (worldwide).
Cultural Anthropologist Mapping Living Human History; Field Researcher, In-Country. Former US Embassy Cultural Consultant in Asuncion and Gran Chaco, Paraguay. Former Consultant/Guide for National Geographic Photographer Steve McCurry.
-Smithsonian Grant Recipient, USG Grantee for Graduate/Post Graduate in Conjunction with UNAM, Central America.
-Ethnographic/Cultural Anthropological Field Research with Indigenous Tribes in Central America for Counter Terrorism (COIN/CT) in Coordination with the Governments of the United States, Mexico and Guatemala.
My Experience is in Ethnography/Cultural Anthropology, Digital Humanitarianism, Countering Violent Extremism, Geopolitics and National Security.
USG/Federal Contractor: DUNS/CAGE CODE (Available Upon Request)
Founding Director: Spartan Drones, 2016. Twitter: @SpartanDrones . FAA Certified Drone Pilot, VR Videography/Photography.