diff --git a/internal/model/change_event.go b/internal/model/change_event.go
index d8503ec..5320aa0 100644
--- a/internal/model/change_event.go
+++ b/internal/model/change_event.go
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 package model
 
+import (
+	_ "embed"
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	"github.com/hamba/avro/v2"
+)
+
+//go:embed schema/change_stream.avsc
+var avroSchema string
+
 type (
 	// ChangeEvent is a struct that represents a change stream event.
 	ChangeEvent struct {
@@ -24,3 +34,28 @@ type (
 		Coll string `avro:"coll" bson:"coll" json:"coll"`
 	}
 )
+
+// Avro returns the avro encoded byte array of the change stream event.
+func (c ChangeEvent) Avro() ([]byte, error) {
+	schema, err := avro.Parse(avroSchema)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	b, err := avro.Marshal(schema, c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+// JSON returns the json encoded byte array of the change stream event.
+func (c ChangeEvent) JSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	b, err := json.Marshal(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return b, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/model/change_event_test.go b/internal/model/change_event_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72bb840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/model/change_event_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package model
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestChangeEvent_Avro(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	patterns := []struct {
+		name string
+		in   ChangeEvent
+		out  []byte
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "success",
+			in: ChangeEvent{
+				ID:            "3dade3fb-189a-4d22-9c62-c759069da1c8",
+				OperationType: "updated",
+				FullDocument:  []byte("aabbccddeeffgg"),
+				DocumentKey:   "96c316ca-39a4-4e5c-b7d6-716b869b5c08",
+				UpdateDescription: &UpdateDescription{
+					UpdatedFields: "aabbccddeeffgg",
+					RemovedFields: "aabbccddeeffgg",
+				},
+				Namespace: Namespace{
+					DB:   "database",
+					Coll: "collection",
+				},
+				To: &Namespace{
+					DB:   "database",
+					Coll: "collection",
+				},
+			},
+			out: []byte{0x48, 0x33, 0x64, 0x61, 0x64, 0x65, 0x33, 0x66, 0x62, 0x2d, 0x31, 0x38, 0x39, 0x61, 0x2d, 0x34, 0x64, 0x32, 0x32, 0x2d, 0x39, 0x63, 0x36, 0x32, 0x2d, 0x63, 0x37, 0x35, 0x39, 0x30, 0x36, 0x39, 0x64, 0x61, 0x31, 0x63, 0x38, 0xe, 0x75, 0x70, 0x64, 0x61, 0x74, 0x65, 0x64, 0x2, 0x1c, 0x61, 0x61, 0x62, 0x62, 0x63, 0x63, 0x64, 0x64, 0x65, 0x65, 0x66, 0x66, 0x67, 0x67, 0x48, 0x39, 0x36, 0x63, 0x33, 0x31, 0x36, 0x63, 0x61, 0x2d, 0x33, 0x39, 0x61, 0x34, 0x2d, 0x34, 0x65, 0x35, 0x63, 0x2d, 0x62, 0x37, 0x64, 0x36, 0x2d, 0x37, 0x31, 0x36, 0x62, 0x38, 0x36, 0x39, 0x62, 0x35, 0x63, 0x30, 0x38, 0x2, 0x1c, 0x61, 0x61, 0x62, 0x62, 0x63, 0x63, 0x64, 0x64, 0x65, 0x65, 0x66, 0x66, 0x67, 0x67, 0x1c, 0x61, 0x61, 0x62, 0x62, 0x63, 0x63, 0x64, 0x64, 0x65, 0x65, 0x66, 0x66, 0x67, 0x67, 0x10, 0x64, 0x61, 0x74, 0x61, 0x62, 0x61, 0x73, 0x65, 0x14, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x63, 0x74, 0x69, 0x6f, 0x6e, 0x2, 0x10, 0x64, 0x61, 0x74, 0x61, 0x62, 0x61, 0x73, 0x65, 0x14, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x63, 0x74, 0x69, 0x6f, 0x6e},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range patterns {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			got, err := tt.in.Avro()
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.out, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestChangeEvent_JSON(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	patterns := []struct {
+		name string
+		in   ChangeEvent
+		out  []byte
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "success",
+			in: ChangeEvent{
+				ID:            "3dade3fb-189a-4d22-9c62-c759069da1c8",
+				OperationType: "updated",
+				FullDocument:  []byte("aabbccddeeffgg"),
+				DocumentKey:   "96c316ca-39a4-4e5c-b7d6-716b869b5c08",
+				UpdateDescription: &UpdateDescription{
+					UpdatedFields: "aabbccddeeffgg",
+					RemovedFields: "aabbccddeeffgg",
+				},
+				Namespace: Namespace{
+					DB:   "database",
+					Coll: "collection",
+				},
+				To: &Namespace{
+					DB:   "database",
+					Coll: "collection",
+				},
+			},
+			out: []byte(`{"_id":"3dade3fb-189a-4d22-9c62-c759069da1c8","operation_type":"updated","full_document":"YWFiYmNjZGRlZWZmZ2c=","document_key":"96c316ca-39a4-4e5c-b7d6-716b869b5c08","update_description":{"updated_fields":"aabbccddeeffgg","removed_fields":"aabbccddeeffgg"},"namespace":{"db":"database","coll":"collection"},"to":{"db":"database","coll":"collection"}}`),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range patterns {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			got, err := tt.in.JSON()
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.out, got)
+		})
+	}
+}