Kristina was born and raised in Northeastern Ohio. She is the youngest of three sisters and the first in her family to work in entertainment. She began her work in theater at age 7, working with a local community theater program. After several years working in community theater, she began studying both film and theater acting through a series of workshops at the local community college. Kristina then went on to study at Cleveland Academy of Film Acting in Cleveland, OH, where she now teaches.
Kristina always had a passion for dancing and performed competitively for eight years. Her training included classical ballet, pointe, modern dance, jazz, hip hop, burlesque and tap. She is also a second degree black belt in Moo Duk Kwan Tae Kwon Do, first degree black belt in Hapkido and trained in stunt work.
In addition to acting, Kristina is a producer, host, stuntwoman, teacher and published writer. She is the producer of two film festivals, The Indie Gathering International Film Festival and The International Horror Hotel Festival and Convention. She is also a film producer and the station producer and co-founder of The Reel TV Network, an online broadcasting site dedicated to the independent entertainment community. She has co-written several screenplays that are now in development, including "Lady Dragon" and "Stuck", as well as writing her own screenplays. In addition to teaching at Cleveland Academy of Film Acting, she is also an instructor at Cleveland Academy of Self Defense, where she continues to train in the martial arts.
