Speakers and moderators

Cristina Carrier is a Program Analyst with the Office of Private Sector Exchange Designation, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) at the US Department of State, where she works on the Au Pair, Intern, and Trainee categories. Cristina started her career with the Department in 2016 as a Pathways intern in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and South and Central Asian Affairs. After that, she joined ECA’s Office of Private Sector Administration (OPA) as a Junior Program Analyst. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a graduate certificate in Leadership and an undergraduate degree in Foreign Affairs and Anthropology. She was born in Loma Linda, CA, but has lived in Tijuana and Mexico City, Mexico, Houston, Texas, Fairfax, Virginia and Stuttgart, Germany. She speaks Spanish and some German. In her free time, she loves to be with her friends and family and travel.