Cristina obtained a bachelor's degree in Strategic Sciences (2011, Scuola Universitaria Interdipartimentale in Scienze Strategiche), a master's degree in Crime and Security Sciences (2013, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) and a master's degree in Statistics (2017, KU Leuven). In 2021, she started a part-time PhD under the supervision of Thomas Neyens and Emanuele Giorgi. Her research focuses on developing adapting sampling design techniques for ecological and epidemiological data collected via citizen science. In addition to her part-time PhD, Cristina is one of the FLAMES coordinators at KU Leuven where she is responsible for the statistics track.