At a literary trunk-or-treat event.
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.
Featuring Tae Kwon Do Test and teaching basic Tae Kwon Do techniques during story time at a 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 interview: ShowPowSho
* Interview:Society of Young Inklings
* On the radio: MN Reads 103.3 FM The North, Minnesota
* Feature article:Positively Filipino
* Panel - Minnesota Book Awards
* Podcast interview:KidLit Love
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 Awards Honoree. She earned a 2025 McKnight Artist & Culture Bearer Fellowship Honorable Mention and received the Mirrors & Windows Fellowship at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, where she has served as a teaching artist. A Filipino American and part of the MN BIPOC Kidlit Creators, Cristina is a former journalist, former educator, an Air Force veteran, and public relations professional. She is also a food TV and true crime TV fan, a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo, and she enjoys spooky things, theatre, comic cons, and drawing.
Speaking on how books can positively change lives at the Cultural Society of Filipino Americans Minnesota's gala.