Crystelle Vu

Crystelle Vu (b. Paris, France) is a conservationist based in Aotearoa, New Zealand. She co-founded and co-organised BLACKLIST, an event series in Berlin addressing the greatest environmental and societal challenges of our time. From late 2018 to early 2021 she dedicated herself to community platform architecture for environmental defenders, alongside activist coordination in various national and international capacities. She is now actively involved in on-the-ground conservation efforts to protect animal and plant species from extinction in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Crystelle studied Fine Arts at L'Institut des Arts Appliqués and Psychology at the University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis in Paris, France.