Christine received her Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. She began her career at Rice in the Dean of Humanities office in 2005. Prior to returning to this office in 2021, she worked for the Program in Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities, Rice University Art Gallery and most recently, at the Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication.

Christine is a certified Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-CP) professional and a rudimentary polyglot. She has studied French, Portuguese and Russian at Rice, in addition to add to her basic language skills in Spanish and German. In her spare time, she enjoys home do-it-yourself projects, baking, and spending time with her husband and their three dogs.