Cristina approaches her choreographic work as an act of resistance and affect, researching themes connected with social and political movements and their relationship with the performative body, in the intimacy of the theater. She created The very delicious piece and The Very Boring Piece, co-creations with Jasmina Krizaj, bear me, FM [featuring mortuum] and UM [unimal] - the latter highlighted by the newspapers Expresso and JN in the top 10 of 2018. . Her work is documented in the series Portugal que Dança / RTP2 (Ep. 02).

As a performing arts curator, she highlights her collaboration with Teatro Municipal do Porto since 2018, where she integrates the programming team for the regular seasons since 2019/2020, Festival DDD – Dias da Dança since the 2020 edition and CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva in its artistic program development and opening in 2021.

As a teacher, she has had continued education with David Zambrano, being part of the only group certified to teach and develop the Flying Low and Passing Through dance techniques (2010, Costa Rica), which since then has taught internationally at Universities and studios with a somatic and unconventional approach, as well as workshops around the content of her artistic practice. She is a mentor and regular teacher at ArtEZ HK, Arnhem (NL).

She practices Hatha Yoga (RYT 200), studies Vedanta and Vedic Astrology.