A professional diver since 1994, Cristina is an ocean and cave explorer, shark behaviorist, photographer, speaker, writer and conservationist.

She is a NSS-CDS Advanced cave diving instructor, KISS Rebreather instructor, TDI mixed gas instructor and PADI Course Director. At her home in The Bahamas she has conducted the exploration and surveys of numerous new cave systems.

Cristina’s work can be summarized in three words: Exploration, Education, Conservation. In 2019 she founded the nonprofit People of the Water, organized to widen the conduction and distribution of training, education, research and studies related to water, ocean and environmental issues.