Kristen V. Carter

Kristen V. Carter is an award-winning executive producer, entrepreneur and speaker from Newark, New Jersey. In 2022, Carter served as an Executive Producer for the Discovery+ four-part documentary series Profiled: The Black Man about debunking stereotypes that Black men in America face in society. The series received special recognition from the Television Academy for social justice content. She enjoys contributing to social impact programming including the Facebook live stream event National Day of Racial Healing, curated by Ava DuVernay, and the Virtual Commencement special Show Me Your Walk: HBCU Edition, which featured President Barack Obama as the honored commencement speaker.

Carter is the founder of Trust Your Magic™, an inspirational brand that reinforces the power of honoring one’s gifts and talents. She offers specialty merchandise and a podcast of the same name that features guests who have taken a significant leap of faith to shift their lives. Through the brand, she created an empowerment event entitled Blessed, Booked and Busy, an interactive workshop for freelancers and emerging entrepreneurs to catapult their lives and become six figure-plus earners. The workshop has been in existence for an impressive five years. Carter loves speaking to students and professionals of all ages about self-actualization.

Carter is the recipient of many awards including San Francisco Black Film Festival’s First Time Filmmaker Award, From the Heart Productions’ Fiscal Sponsorship, and the Hanks-Miller Screenwriting Fellowship. She is a member of the Television Academy and a proud graduate of Hofstra University.