Krystle Baller is the Creative Director of We Rock Charlotte, a nonprofit that provides music education and programming for kids and adults. They are also the bassist and singer of Hey RICHARD, a feminist punk band voted "Best New Band" of 2021 in Queen City Nerve's Best in the Nest.

Krystle is inspiring a generation of young musicians through their music lessons, TED Talk, and setting an example of success in the male dominated world of rock and roll. Krystle's life experience informs their work, having grown up as a kid from West Virginia whose only knowledge of the term "lesbian" is that it was a dangerous thing to be.

We all hope to leave the world better than we found it. Krystle truly is walking the walk, making a positive difference in Charlotte and the world.