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.
Having fun visiting classrooms at an elementary school after talking about Stephen Hawking: Get to Know the Man Behind the Theory and answering students' questions.
Teaching English Learner students creative writing strategies 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
News
* Interview: From the Mixed-Up Files of Middle-Grade Authors
* Interview: Minnesota's KFAI - Filipino American National News
* Video: Kuwentuhang Pilipino (Filipino Storytime) for the Bergenfield Public Library & the Filipino School of New York & New Jersey
*Interview: Storytime Solidarity
* Podcast guest: ShowPowSho
* Interview:Society of Young Inklings
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 received the 2019-2020 Mirrors & Windows Fellowship at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. A Filipino American author, she is also a former journalist, former educator, veteran, and public relations professional.
Cristina enjoys cooking (food TV fanatic), baking (blue ribbon winner), training in and teaching Taekwondo (2nd Degree Black Belt), watching spooky TV shows (goes ghost hunting), and going to comic cons (owns a cape). She also draws and hopes to illustrate her own book.