Since the day two Wichita Eagle reporters visited Christina Long’s middle school class, she knew what she envisioned for her own future. For the Wichita, Kansas, native, an invitation to tour the newspaper’s bustling newsroom only cemented it. “Seeing all the activity between reporters, listening to the police scanner, all of the busyness I knew that’s where I wanted to be,” said Christina, now president and CEO of Create Campaign, an organization that brings guidance, support and resources to entrepreneurs in Wichita’s underserved minority communities.
That formative experience set in motion not just a love for journalism but a passion for serving the community. Since then, community has remained at the heart of all her endeavors: her college studies, her reporting beat at the Eagle and her continuing journey into social entrepreneurship and inclusivity. Christina started Create Campaign with the mission of helping urban and minority entrepreneurs launch, innovate a