Cristina “Trinity” Vélez-Justo

Cristina “Trinity” Vélez-Justo is a public speaker and educator, and an award-winning composer for film and media through her business ReelScoring, LLC. She relocated to Charlotte, NC, from Los Angeles in 2018 after finishing the Television Academy Foundation Internship in Music and working as an assistant to accomplished film and television composers who score(d) Star Trek Discovery, The Possession, Reelform’s Siren, and the Kit-Kat jingle. Through film festivals and academic institutions (including UNC School of the Arts as an instructor in the MFA Film Music Composition program), Trinity educates media-makers on the psychology and significance of music in media and how to successfully work with a composer. She also speaks internationally about networking in a disconnected world.

Before moving to Ohio, Trinity was an active member of the Charlotte film community and nominated and selected as a 2019 and 2021 Featured Artist through ArtSí, an organization that supports Latin creatives. She is an avid educator in cultivating strong and healthy professional relationships — leading workshops in networking and career development for creatives. Trinity is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Music Theory & Cognition at The Ohio State University, incorporating media studies, sociology, and psychology in her research. Trinity plans to implement her research into developing alternative approaches in teaching music for media, and to help both privileged and marginalized students create a more equitable future in the entertainment and music industries.