Reading Tara and the Towering Wave and talking to students about writing, research, military service, and author life at a World Read Aloud Day event at an elementary school.
What Lolo Wants featured on Canadian national TV's Your Morning show as part of Asian Heritage Month.
Teaching English Learner students creative writing to tell their personal stories.
Reading Tae Kwon Do Test and teaching basic Tae Kwon Do punching, kicking, and board breaking techniques during story time at a public library.
Social media
* Facebook: In Her Write Mind
* Instagram: @kickbuttwriter
In the news
* Feature article: From the Mixed-Up Files of Middle-Grade Authors
* Radio interview: KFAI FM - Filipino American National News, Minnesota
* Video: Kuwentuhang Pilipino (Filipino Storytime) for the Bergenfield Public Library & the Filipino School of New York & New Jersey
*Feature article: Storytime Solidarity
* Podcast feature: ShowPowSho
* Interview:Society of Young Inklings
* On the radio: MN Reads 103.3 FM The North, Minnesota
* Feature article:Positively Filipino
About the logo
Cristina's logo depicts the Bakunawa, a serpent-like dragon in Philippine mythology. It is believed to be the cause of eclipses, earthquakes, rain, and wind.
Cristina Oxtra earned an MFA in creative
writing for children and young adults and a BA in journalism. She writes picture books, chapter books, middle grade, and graphic novels. Her picture book, What Lolo Wants, is a 2025 Minnesota Book Awards Finalist and Society of Midland Authors Award Honoree. She has also been named 2025 McKnight Artist & Culture Bearer Fellowship Honorable Mention and received the Mirrors & Windows Fellowship at the Loft Literary Center, where she is a teaching artist. A Filipino American, Cristina is a former journalist, educator, Air Force veteran, and public relations professional. She enjoys cooking (food TV fanatic), baking (blue ribbon winner), training in and teaching Taekwondo (2nd Degree Black Belt), spooky things (like ghost hunting), comic cons (owns a cape), and drawing (chronic doodler).