Christine is a Pracademic (Practitioner + Academic). She combines practitioner and academic perspectives in order to achieve a more holistic approach when addressing real-world challenges.

Christine is a daughter of Vietnamese refugees. She is a first generation high school graduate. Currently, she is a PhD candidate at the University of Washington studying Educational Leadership, Policy & Organizations. Her prior experiences include teaching middle and high school for the Los Angeles Unified School District as well as engaging in local, state, and federal policy and program analysis work across the United States in Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C.

She obtained her bachelor's degrees in Asian American Studies and English, as well as a Master of Education from UCLA. Christine also holds a Master of Arts in Sociology from Columbia University in the City of New York.

Her research interests include: school nutrition equity, policy implementation, and organizational studies.