Hailing from the small town of Port Colborne Ontario, Christina began performing at the age of 4. She trained in dance with the Port Colborne Dance Academy as well as piano with The Royal Conservatory of Music.  Here she competed in a variety of competitions and festivals as well as acted in a variety of theatrical productions.  She holds a degree in Sociology at the University of Toronto and is a graduate of The Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts as well as The Second City Conservatory Program where she trained in improvisation.

TWO TIME DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARD WINNER in the categories of "BEST ENSEMBLE" and "BEST PRODUCTION" for "AND BY THE WAY MISS"....  She has trained intensively with acclaimed Canadian Clown duo, “Mump and Smoot” and Bouffon with Sarah Stafford and Adam Lazaras.  Christina performed in the live improvised soap opera, “Sin City” as well as in the “Toronto Improv Jamboree”, “March of Dames”, “Chicago Improv Festival” and “Hysteria”.  She continues to study in a variety of disciplines as well as focus on creating and performing physical and character based material.

As one half of the physical comedy duo, “The Burnt Marshmallows” (2003 Canadian Comedy Award Nominees), she successfully co-created, produced, and performed in 3 full mounted shows, “Burnt On A Stick”, “The Burnt Marshmallows Holiday Special” and “U-Haulywood”. Last year marked their fourth production “Stuck” directed by Michael Kennard and successfully sold out at The Toronto Fringe Festival 2003 earning them “Best Ensemble” and voted one of “Top 10 Comedy Shows of 2003 (NOW MAGAINE) and rave reviews at both the Toronto and Vancouver Fringe Festival 2003.  They continue to perform at numerous comedy venues and festivals in and out of town.  Recent Burnt Marshmallow shows include, “Celebrate Toronto Street Festival”, “The Clodhopper Christmas Comedy Hour, "Les Femmes Fatales: A Night of 5 Fabulous Female Comedians" and "Comedy March: A Parade of Comedy" featuring some of Toronto’s hottest talent. They were also seen at the “Lunacy Cabaret”, “Intensified: The Honey Katz Gala” (Betty Oliphant Theatre)"Celebrate Toronto Street Festival" and the "Fringe Talk show with The Rumoli Brothers."  and numerous venues, festivals, and corporate events in and out of town. 

Recently she has performed in Vancouver at the Vancouver Theatre Sports improvised show, "IMPROV AHOY" the comedy show "It's Good To Know People", The Vancouver Fringe Fundraiser, and at the Vancouver Improv festival with the show 8FU. Stay tuned this July as a special guest at the "Waterfront Theatre" on Grandville Island and for a return for only one night to Toronto for the Harbourfront Festival for the "Hot & Spicy" show.

 Selected Theatre Credits include: “The Hollow” (Can Stage) “And By The Way Miss...”(Theatre Direct Canada), “A Night Out With Ives”: A collection of David Ives plays (Talking Camel Productions).  Selected Film and Television credits include: “Sad Boy” (Riddle Films) “Detroit Rock City” (New Line Cinema)  “Rickey’s Room” (PBS) and '"Comedy Six pack" (The Comedy Network) .