On What Nature Knows:
“This book is quite simply nourishment of the best kind.”
— Cynthia Leslie-Bole, Author of The Luminous In-Between
Meet Chrissa Ventrelle
For Chrissa Ventrelle, writing is a way to braid together community with the natural and spiritual world. She is the author of two books, May It Be: Growing a Genuine Life, a collection of meditations on creating a growing and giving life, and What Nature Knows, meditations on the wisdom of nature and grace of togetherness.
Chrissa holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Michigan and completed a 2-year Spiritual Direction Formation Program at Fairfield University in 2025. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Chrissa now lives in Connecticut and serves as the Director of Philanthropy for Catholic Charities of Fairfield County.