Cal Poly student collecting donations to build Kristin Smart memorial on campus Courtesy of the Kristin Smart Collective There would be room on either side of Kristin's picture for members of the community to leave art, poetry, letters, and flowers. and last updated 2021-04-16 03:07:00-04 A Cal Poly senior is determined to keep Kristin Smartâs memory alive, so he wants to hand-build a memorial 25 years after her disappearance. Evan Reed started the Kristin Smart Collective as a student-run, arts organization to honor Kristin Smart, who went missing from the Cal Poly campus in 1996. This past week, Paul Flores and his father, Ruben Flores, were arrested and charged in connection to Kristinâs disappearance.