Cristina obtained her Bachelor of Art degree in Political Science, with a minor in Spanish, in 2014 from California State University, Fullerton. Thereafter, Cristina attended Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law, where she was a member of the Mock Trial Board, an ABA Arbitration Competition Regional Semifinalist, a member of the Minority Law Students Association, Vice President of the International Law Society, and became certified as a mediator. Cristina also gained practical legal experience by serving as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Frederick Aguirre of the Central Justice Center Superior Court of California, and as an extern in the Anaheim City Attorney’s Office.