Cristina (she/her/hers) is the Policy Director to the President of the Board of Aldermen. In this role, she advises and helps coordinate the execution of the President’s policy agenda. Previously, she ran her own research consulting firm URBNRX, where she advised St. Louis area nonprofits and foundations on leadership, accountability, and the effective use of data to inform decision-making. Before launching her consultancy, she had diverse work experience spanning government, technology, community development, and the academic sector in St. Louis, Boston, and Newark, NJ. In St. Louis, she is best known for her work as the designer of the City of St. Louis’ Equity Indicators, a series of 72 racial equity metrics based upon the priorities identified by the Ferguson Commission. Her most recent public-facing project is the St. Louis Affordable Housing Report Card on behalf of the Community Builders Network, released in November 2021. She earned her Master's in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and her undergraduate degree in architecture from Washington University in St. Louis. She lives in the new Ward 1 with her family.
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