Chris Christou is a storyteller, educational curator, and culture activist. Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, he moved to Oaxaca, Mexico in 2015 after a decade of delirious wanderlust. In 2016, Chris began concurrently working in and writing about the tourism industry, founding Oaxaca Profundo, a deep learning organization focused on deep learning, food culture and radical hospitality.

Throughout his time travelling as a tourist and later living in a tourist town, the patterns began to unveil themselves. The exile that tourism produces became unavoidable. As a result, in 2021, alongside friends and strangers, he organized and launched the End of Tourism Podcast as a way to amplify the voices in the neighbourhood fighting for land, lineage, and liberty.

He is the author of a book of poetry entitled the Black Braid of Memory, as well as forthcoming books on the psychedelic culture, the unauthorized history of tourism, radical hospitality, and the social justice movement. Finally, he is a student of all things chocolate and cacao-related.