The daughter of a foreign service officer, she grew up moving around Asia and developed a passion for human rights issues and using her love of words to expose wrongs. In her coverage, she has written about domestic violence, conversion therapy, teen homelessness, and the effects of pipelines on landowners. Christiana is a graduate of the University of Florida, where she studied journalism. She lives in Fort Lauderdale with her husband, Jack, and their rescue dog Miles.