Kristina holds a master’s degree in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Design in Architecture from the University of Florida. She joined ADB in 2012 as an Urban Development Specialist in the East Asia Department and was based in the Pacific Subregional Office in Fiji from 2019 until 2023.
Prior to joining ADB, Kristina worked in multiple architectural firms in the United States, as a Peace Corps water and sanitation volunteer in the Dominican Republic, and as an urban climate adaptation and risk consultant at the World Bank in East Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.