2022

I was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and raised in Asbury Park on the Jersey Shore.  Being a lover of both science and the humanities, I went on to earn a B.S. in Mathematics, B.A. in Philosophy, and Minor in Classics from Rutgers College, New Jersey, in 1991, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 2008.  Following the tradition of the Ancient Greeks, I take a hands-on approach to philosophy, and try to put belief into practice. My current project involves building an Institute for Philosophy in Ancient Stagira, Greece (next to my grandfather's village, Olympiada Halkidiki). I am also the owner of Chryssa's Rentals: Building Community through Shared Living, in Baltimore MD.  Aside from these projects, which are central to my life, I greatly enjoy travel and learning about other cultures, world history and literature, photography, hiking through unspoiled landscapes, and swimming in the Aegean Sea.