Born Christina Caroline Blevins on December 2, 1984, Christina was singing on stage at the age of 3. She began acting at age eleven in an acting-for-children program at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Christina continued singing and acting through her high school years at W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax, Virginia. After her freshman year at Indiana State University, Christina enrolled in the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in New York, completing her first semester in a musical theater program, then transferring to the acting studio for second semester. Shortly after completing her program at AMDA's Los Angeles campus in 2006, Christina landed roles in her first four films, including Justin Lin's Finishing the Game (2007) and Bala Rajasekharuni's Blind Ambition (2008).