Bio:
A.A. in English, Santa Ana Community College
A.A. in Liberal Arts, Santa Ana Community College
B.A. in English, Cal State University, Fullerton.
B.A. in Philosophy, Cal State University, Fullerton.
M.A. In English, Cal State University, Fullerton
EdD in Educational Leadership, UCLA
Cristina is a first-generation Latinx college graduate. Her scholarly background focuses on the Victorian era with an emphasis of 18th to 20th century British and American Gothic fiction. Much of her research and academic presentations focused on analyzing social bonds within the gothic setting, such as “Loyalty before Love: Homosocial Bonds in Beowulf and Marie de France’s Bisclavret” and “Love at First Bite: An Analysis of the Normalization of Sexual Relationships Between the Living and the Undead”
While at Cal State Fullerton, she earned a Creating Writing Certificate with her short story "The Tragedy of Weeping Willow" published in the anthology Miles To Go Volume 2. While obtaining her doctorate at UCLA, Cristina's focus shifted from literature to leadership support for college faculty with an emphasis on supporting associate faculty resulting in the publication of her dissertation: "Building A Sense of Belonging at Community Colleges from the Perspective and Voices of Part-time Faculty".
At Mt. San Jacinto College, Cristina has served in various roles including Phi Theta Kappa Advisor, the Honors Enrichment Committee, being a Puente Mentor, and Puente Coordinator from Fall 2026-Spring 2029. She teaches a range of composition courses such as Academic Reading and Writing, Critical Thinking and Writing, Intro to Literature, Latinx/Chicanx Literature, and Children's Literature.