In addition to earning a Bachelor's of Science degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Kristina studied English Literature and Biochemistry at Warwick University in Coventry, UK.

After several years as a transgenic research scientist at the Neuropathology Department of Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, she made a timely switch to information and communications technology in 1995, with her first IT position as Network Finance Manager for Citicorp.

Since then, she has earned numerous IT networking and security certifications, including CCNA, CCDA, MCSA, CCSP, OPST and INFOSEC, the latter issued by the National Security Association of the US government.

She has worked as Project Manager, Technical Sales Engineer and Senior Manager for projects throughout the Nordics, Western Europe, North Africa, North America and Asia-Pacific.

She is now a matriculated graduate student at the University of Oxford Said Business School, and will earn her Master's degree in 2009.

A citizen of both Britain and the United States, Kristina's heritage is firmly rooted in the Philippines.