Kristen Matthews | Kindergarten

First Year at ACA: 2022

Kristen spent 2022-2025 nurturing our preschoolers and now loves to see these vibrant young learners flourish as Kindergarteners. Her family joined ACA when her youngest was in Kindergarten and she treasures this monumental year filled with the joyful discovery of first words written and read and so much more. Kristen has a special interest in engaging young children with music and leading them to praise the Lord and rehearse His goodness through songs.

Kristen was raised in Los Altos, CA and received vocal performance degrees from Rice University and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.  Kristen performed in operas, musical theater and as a soloist in churches and recital halls in California, Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania before meeting Tommy at Redeemer Presbyterian Church NYC where she was on staff in music ministry.  

Kristen and Tommy married in 2011, and when Amelia was born a year later, they left New York City to plant roots in Denver where Tommy was born and raised. Kristen enjoys reading aloud to her three children (Amelia, Thomas, and Virginia), taking walks in her Park Hill neighborhood with her dog, baking, gardening, co-directing ACA’s Theater Club, and singing, of course!