Christine Pasalo Norland (she/her) is a storyteller and cultural worker from California whose liberation practice prioritizes communities in the margins. In recognition of her cultural work in the comics arts community, she received a Kinnard Award in 2022 from the indie comics press Laneha House.

During time taken for herself, Christine reads, plays ukulele, thinks up zines, crochets, makes block prints, and listens to her son make up jokes, explain Pokémon evolutions, and hum to himself as he draws or creates digital games.

As a writer, Christine publishes work online and in print. In addition to perzines and poetry zines published through Hello Barkada, she has contributed to Popverse by ReedPop, Gladiolus Magazine by Black Josei Press, and San Diego Magazine.

As a cultural producer, she coordinates and hosts artist and writer panels, conversations, and interviews virtually and in-person; speaks about zine culture and history in classroom settings; hosts zine-making workshops and spaces; is the founder of Convoy Zine Fest, which debuted in June 2024 in San Diego's Convoy District; and coordinates and independently publishes zines, such as Isang Mahal, Hello Barkada's annual compilation zine (aka compzine).

Before founding Hello Barkada, Christine coordinated volunteers as well as produced events, programs, and social media and website content for Comic-Con International and the Comic-Con Museum. 

Visit the Hello Barkada Stories page and Christine's Contributing Writer page on Popverse for writing samples, and her LinkedIn profile to learn more about her 10+ years as a freelance writer and her 20+ years of professional experience in event and publishing operations. 

Hello Barkada is Christine's first independent project. 

LET'S COLLABORATE!

Hello Barkada offers creative services on a contract basis to educators, micro and small press publishers, small business owners who are from historically marginalized communities, arts organizations and groups that center underrepresented communities, libraries, and nonprofits that support underserved communities. Scroll through for examples of the ways Hello Barkada can be of help to you and/or your organization.

Christine is also available to speak about zine culture, host zine-making workshops and spaces, moderate panels and roundtables, coordinate volunteers for virtual or in-person events (e.g. San Diego Asian Film Festival), and support artists and writers preparing grant applications or convention/festival panel pitches.

Christine's current clients include Townspeople, The Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego County, Pacific Arts Movement, Uniting People Across Cultures (previously Union of Pan Asian Communities), and Sharon Lee De La Cruz; previous clients include the Convoy District Partnership and WinC Magazine. 

Please reach out to contact[at]hellobarkada.org for further information, including rates on a sliding scale and availability. A portion of income earned creates freelance opportunities for artists and writers to contribute to Hello Barkada, allows Hello Barkada to host free community programming and workshops, and supports Hello Barkada's operations.