Cristina Gibson’s first internship was with her local newspaper writing weekend features. Then, while she was in college at Loyola-New Orleans studying communications and working as a production assistant at Fox 9 News, Hurricane Katrina hit. School was promptly closed for the semester.
However, the disaster didn’t deter Cristina’s success. She transferred to Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles and when she was offered an internship at E!, decided to stay. Cristina ended up writing her own column for E! Online and contributing to E! News. She also began freelancing with SheKnows — a client she still partners with today — among others, like InStyle, Cambio, Yahoo! Travel and Fox News.