Krystal is both an Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT) worker and Co-Chair of Turkotpicon, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting for the rights of AMT crowdsource workers. Prior to working with Turkopticon, Krystal studied geology at Lake Superior State University and worked as an organizer on many national and state-level political campaigns. In her free time, Krystal dabbles in amateur photography and is dedicated to raising awareness of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS,) Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS,) and Dysautonomia.