Born overseas to multicultural parents, Christina Rodriguez grew up as an Air Force brat, moving from place to place. Christina loved to draw and paint. She was awarded a generous scholarship to the Rhode Island School of Design where she earned a fine arts degree in illustration. Christina is an award-winning children’s book illustrator. She drew on her experiences growing up in a military family to bring a range of emotions into her paintings for The Wishing Tree. She used vector-based illustrations to create the activities in My Dad's Deployment and My Mom's Deployment.

In her spare time, Christina enjoys cooking authentic Mexican cuisine, volunteering, hula-hooping, and being outdoors. She and her husband live with their dog in historic Stillwater, Minnesota.