Good question! I’ll find out tonight at the taping of an ABC News Special that Barbara Walters and Dr. Helen Fischer are co-hosting with chemistry.com. The event will take place at Mansion, a new venue in Chelsea. 50 men / 50 women – all from similar backgrounds and looking for love. This sounded a touch wacky at first but the opportunity seems so intriguing that I couldn’t possibly let it pass by.
Dr. Fischer is an anthropologist at Rutgers University, and she studies the brain in love. I figure if she has made her life’s work to find out how and why people fall for one another, the least I can do is add myself as a data point to her research. In January, Barbara Walters will present an hour long ABC News Special on Dr. Fisher’s forthcoming book, WHY HIM? WHY HER? Understanding Your Personality Type and Finding Your Soul Mate.
Maybe I’ll find the love of my life, or even just get a few good dates out of the evening, and at the very least I’ll collect some good stories.
Published by Christa Avampato
The short of it:
Writer. Health, education, and art advocate. Theater and film producer. Visual artist. Product geek. Proud alumnae of the University of Pennsylvania (BA) and the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia (MBA). Inspired by ancient wisdom & modern tech. Proliferator of goodness. Opener of doors. Friend to animals. Fan of creative work in all its wondrous forms. I use my business skills to create passion projects that build a better world. I’ve been called the happiest New Yorker, and I try hard to live up to that title every day.
The long of it:
My career has stretched across Capitol Hill, Broadway theatre, education, nonprofit fundraising, health and wellness, and Fortune 500 companies in retail, media, entertainment, technology, and financial services. I’ve been a product developer and product manager, theater manager, strategic consultant, marketer, voice over artist, , teacher, and fundraiser. I use my business and storytelling to support and sustain passion projects that build a better world. In every experience, I’ve used my sense of and respect for elegant design to develop meaningful products, services, programs, and events.
While building a business career, I also built a strong portfolio as a journalist, novelist, freelance writer, interviewer, presenter, and public speaker. My writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, PBS.org, Boston.com, Royal Media Partners publications, and The Motley Fool on a wide range of topics including business, technology, science, health, education, culture, and lifestyle. I have also been an invited speaker at SXSW, Teach for America, Avon headquarters, Games for Change, NYU, Columbia University, Hunter College, and the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. The first book in my young adult book series, Emerson Page and Where the Light Enters, was acquired by a publisher and launched in November 2017. I’m currently working on the second book in the series.
A recovering multi-tasker, I’m equally at home in front of my Mac, on my yoga mat, walking my rescue dog, Phineas, traveling with a purpose, or practicing the high-art of people watching. I also cut up small bits of paper and put them back together as a collage artist.
My company:
I’m bringing together all of my business and creative career paths as the Founder of Double or Nothing Media:
• I craft products, programs, and projects that make a difference;
• I build the business plans that make what I craft financially sustainable;
• I tell the stories that matter about the people, places, and products that inspire me.
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Good question! I’ll find out tonight at the taping of an ABC News Special that Barbara Walters and Dr. Helen Fischer are co-hosting with chemistry.com. The event will take place at Mansion, a new venue in Chelsea. 50 men / 50 women – all from similar backgrounds and looking for love. This sounded a touch wacky at first but the opportunity seems so intriguing that I couldn’t possibly let it pass by. 
Christa Avampato 
Hi Christa!I attended the event at Mansion in NYC. I met a lot of great people at the event. Did you have a good time?
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Hi Matt,Thanks for commenting on my blog. I had a great time – lots of very interesting people and a great venue!
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Did you get the people you had an interest in dropped into your chemistry account? We were also supposed to get a month free so we can contact them. I haven’t heard or seen anything from them since the event. I hope they do it soon as it would be pretty lame to make people wait a few weeks.
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hi christa, you posted on my blog about that chemistry event last week and i am just now getting around to your blog. very cool! we have similar interests — media, meditation and men!very cool space you’ve got here — i’ll be back. and bummer about your car.
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Hi Matt,I didn’t get anyone with an interest dropped into my chemistry.com account. Wish they had done that. They contacted me via email and set me up to go on a date next Sunday with one of the guys I spoke to. I agree that I hope they connect people via chemistry.com quickly!
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Hey Col,Thanks for reading my blog and for your kind comment. I am bummed about my car though it seems that all is on the mend now, fingers crossed!We do have similar interests – what could be better than media, meditation, and men?? :)-Christa
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Hey Christa – I don’t know if you believe in destiny but I have a funny story to tell you! I was not a paying member on Chemistry when they invited me to the event. As a matter of fact, it’s been about a year since I was a paying member. Anyway :), they hooked us up with a free month starting today, so I figured I would go in there and clean out the 100+ people “interested in me” section that has accumulated over time. They NEED to make it easier to move people to the archive section. So I am looking at all the people and clicking “no” 10 times when I come across an interesting woman who sent me a message a while back. She was interested in getting to know me. Guess who that is? YOU!!! Small world, eh?We should talk! I just sent you a note back via Chemistry. Looking forward to speaking with you!!!- Matt
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Just read your response and feel like an idiot!!! Haha!Let me know how your date goes!!
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Hey Matt,You should totally not feel like an idiot! I’m going out with this guy this weekend though I know hardly anything about him as we talked for about 5 minutes at that event. I’d definitely like to meet you. Will send you a note back on chemistry. -Christa
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