Kristy graduated from the University of Notre Dame and the Catholic University of America School of Law. While in law school she did research on issues of consumer protection and food law. Kristy works as an attorney in Miami, Florida. She is a member of the Food and Drug Law Institute and is also a breast cancer survivor who tries to keep healthy by, as Michael Pollan, one of her favorite authors and advocates says, eating real food, not much of it, mostly plants.