Kjrsten Schindler is an actor, vocalist, director, and sound designer based in Delta Junction, Alaska.

(Photo by Keaton Garnett)

Kjrsten Schindler was born in Minnesota, grew up in Wisconsin and South Dakota, lived in Fairbanks, Alaska while attending college at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, and now resides in Delta Junction, AK.

Kjrsten was originally a Biology Major studying Pre-Vet medicine. Currently, she is an alumni who graduated with honors, including Summa cum Laude, who dual majored in Psychology and Film and Performing Arts: Film Concentration. She also quadruple minored in Justice, Theatre, Creative Writing, and Music: Vocal Performance. While she has completed most of her schooling at UAF, she also studied film for a summer at Utah State University.

“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”

- Robin Williams

(Photo by Alex Gagne-Hawes: UAF Theatre and Film Department)

Directing Projects

“If a million people see my movie, I hope they see a million different movies.”

- Quentin Tarantino

(Photo by Sarah Manriquez: UAF CLA)

Acting Projects

“Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.”

- Denzel Washington

(Photo by Kade Mendelowitz)

Music

“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough time for music.”

- Sergei Rachmaninov

(Photo by Sarah Manriquez: UAF CLA)

Photographs

“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”

- Ansel Adams

(Photo by Jeanne Schindler)

Art

“You can see what man made from the seat of an automobile, but the best way to see what God made is from the back of a horse.”

- Charlie Russell

(Drawing by Kjrsten Colleen Schindler)

Blogs, stories, and thoughts

“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”

- J.R.R. Tolkien

(Photo by Sarah Manriquez: UAF CLA)

Awards & Recognitions

(Photo by Sarah Manriquez: UAF CLA)