Christine is from North Caldwell, New Jersey. She completed her undergraduate studies at Georgetown University, with a major in English and minors in Justice and Peace Studies and in Spanish. She authored a thesis examining the role of collective memory in societal healing in post-dictatorship Argentina. During college, Christine interned with The Clinton Foundation and with Search for Common Ground, where she worked on sustainable economic development and social entrepreneurship initiatives and assisted with the implementation of monitoring and evaluation practices. After her graduation in 2010, Christine served as Special Assistant in the Executive Office of the United Nations Foundation. In this role she worked with senior management on all aspects of the organization's operations, including strategic planning and reporting on program work in the fields of energy, population, and global health, the latter of which solidified her interest in the health equity movement.