Born in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1976, Cristina, who is now based in Mexico, studied Architecture and Visual Arts at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and at the Universidad Nacional in Bogotá. Following her studies, she attended several postgraduate courses, including Cultural Management and Copyrights at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM) and Mexican Art History at MUAC, respectively. In her latest years she has focused on the study of herbology and its application in the pharmaceutical field. She is interested in cultural myths and ceremonies, observing the way in which these are interpreted and assimilated by the population.

Her work has been exhibited extensively in Colombia and internationally, in venues including: Salón Nacional de Artistas in Colombia (2010), Caos en el Paraíso, Centro Colombo Americano (Bogotá, 2010), Massimo Audiello Gallery in Mexico city (2012), La creciente, Ex Teresa Arte Actual (Mexico, 2011), Arte#Ocupa (Brazil, 2013), MAZ Museo de Arte de Zapopan (Mexico, 2015), Demasiado Futuro, Centro Cultural de España, ACME, In-situ (México, 2013), and FIFTY/ FIFTY, La Chimba (Buenos Aires, 2014); and most recently, CICLO Galileo 92 (Mexico, 2021), Arafura (2021), Carrillo Gil Art Museum (2021), Anahuacalli Museum (2021), Sound Plus Festival (2021), Jumex Museum, (MexicoCity 2022), Somers Gallery, (London, UK 2023) and Kew Gardens (Sussex, 2025)