Family has been, and continues to be, her heaviest influence. The arts were a priority. Her maternal grandmother, a librarian, and her mother, a teacher, planned family outings at art museums. Her maternal grandfather, a civil engineer, architect and naturalist. Her paternal grandfather learned lithography printing in the Navy and grew a business with her grandmother, a fervent knitter and accountant; a business that her father, aunts, brothers and cousins still continue. From a young age, she was taught to carefully observe and celebrate the beautiful details of life.

The midwest was an excellent jump off point for family trips. Christine's aunts lived in Wyoming and Colorado; and, as a competitive figure skater, she trained in the summers in Lake Arrowhead, Colorado Springs, and Lake Placid.  Clean ice lines, trees, mountains, all influence her aesthetic.

After her business degree at the University of Michigan, Christine moved to Chicago. While working as an enterprise software consultant, she was also a transfer student at SAIC, studied garden design at the Chicago Botanic Garden Regenstein School, and ultimately earned her Masters in Art Ed through NIU. While teaching in CPS, friends' requests for art gained traction, and her name was passed from family to family and the EVR PAPER brand began.