Kristen Nevarez Schweizer is an arts journalist and pastor who wrote a rom-com novel about evangelical college culture.
She is based in San Diego, California.
Since 2014, Kristen has reported on local arts news for Vanguard Culture.
Arts Journalism
Her profile column, ART SEEN, was named Best Features Series by the San Diego Press Club.
Author
Kristen’s fiction work blends romantic-comedy joy with a candid interrogation of evangelical culture.
Her first novel, Ring by Spring, won Acorn Publishing’s Debut Author Prize.
It will be released March 12, 2027.
Pastor
Kristen serves at Makers Church, a nondenominational church located in North Park.
She describes herself as a perpetual sinner and occasional preacher, who loves her enemies, the Oxford comma and ironic humor.
