Christina received her BSC in Conservation Biology from the SUNY- College of Environmental Science and Forestry. She has worked as a research assistant with the United States National Arboretum, United States Department of Agriculture, and the American Chestnut Foundation. Currently, Christina studies greenhouse production at Longwood Gardens. Ultimately, she is interested in pursuing a career which strives to showcase and protect the diversity of life by strengthening the bonds between humans and their natural surroundings. Christina plans to achieve this goal through her sincere passions for botany and horticulture, and through purposeful garden design developed with inspiration from the gardens of the world.