Christine Virginia Lee is a Community Champion and Researcher with The Romani Cultural and Arts Company in Cardiff. Chris trained as a graphic designer specifically in the area of media design and design aesthetics and has worked in theatre, advertising and education. In later years she established her own graphic design company. Chris is openly gay, a feminist and proud of her Romani Gypsy heritage. Chris is involved in a wide range of work with the Romani Cultural and Arts Company relating to health, education, racism, history, culture and GRT LGBTQI+. In 2015 she attended the first International Roma LGBTQI conference in Prague organised by AraArt. In 2019 Chris spoke at the first GRT LGBTQI+ conference to be staged in the UK. This event took place at the heart of our government in Wales – The Senedd.