Crystal Chiang
Executive Director of Student Strategy at Orange
Large Group Experiences for Students, Small Group Leader Training, The Phase Project, Volunteer Training
About Crystal Chiang
Crystal Chiang is the Executive Director of Leadership Training at Orange. Before joining the team at Orange, she spent 10 years as a high school Spanish teacher and student ministry leader, doing everything from small groups to speaking to curriculum design. Crystal is the author of Starting Now: A 30 day Guide To Becoming Who You Want To Be In College and The Art of Group Talk for Teenage Girls. Crystal graduated from the University of North Georgia with a degree in Spanish and Education and has a Master's Degree in Leadership and Family Ministry. Crystal and her husband, Tom, live in Atlanta, GA, with their embarrassingly ill-tempered chihuahua, Javier.
Favorite Topics
Small groups! Youth ministry Strategy! Anything about or for teenagers!
"The incomparable singer Sam Cooke — known as the King of Soul — once replied when told he had a beautiful voice, “Well that’s very kind of you, but voices ought not to be measured by how pretty they are. Instead they matter only if they convince you that they are telling the truth.” I think about that every time I hear Crystal Chiang communicate. She’s a master communicator, weaving compelling storytelling with riveting, poignant truth like a skilled artist. But more than that, she undeniably convinces me she is telling the truth. Because she does. She will convince you as well."
