Christine graduated with Highest Honors from the University of California, Berkeley in 2010 with a B.A. in English Literature. Her honors thesis explored the development of American environmental consciousness since the mid-19th Century, the intersection of contemporary gender norms and the origin myths specific to the American West, and the evolving expression of Nature in art and literature. In the intervening two years, Christine has traveled extensively in Italy, Japan and Mexico with an interest in cultural attitudes toward nature, especially in the context of limited water resources. Recently, and through her work at a LEED-certified civil engineering and land surveying firm in Northern California, Christine has begun to investigate the economic and legal aspects of local land development, utility infrastructure and property rights in relation to environmental conservation. In the summer of 2013, Christine participated in the Hertog Global Strategy Initiative intensive research seminar titled, “Endless Summer: The History of Climate Change and the Future of Global Governance.” Christine will continue to explore local and global relationships to the environment as well as the policies, conflicts and cultures that arise in conjunction with water scarcity.
