In 1999, she receives a scholarship from the United World Colleges in New Mexico to represent Venezuela at a global educational movement that fosters international understanding and peace.
Cristina enrolls at Ohio Wesleyan University in 2001. There, she studies journalism, latin-american literature and photography. In several occassions, she participates as photo editor for the school newspaper, The Transcript.
In the Summer of 2003, Cristina embarks on a nine-week long road trip across the American Southwest with the sole purpose to photograph it. Art Studies In The American Southwest (ASITAW) was organized by her photography teacher Justin Kronewetter, and it allowed Cristina to perceive photography as more than a medium of expression, it became her excuse to explore the world around her. Her work has taken her to photograph the United States, Mexico, Canada and Venezuela.
Cristina receives her B.A. and graduates Cum Laude in 2004. That same year, she moves to New York City and interns at ABC News as part of the production team of PrimeTime Live and 20/20. She then studies filmmaking at Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts.
