Christina Rosas Anastasiou

Christina was born in Tarzana, California. She resided with her parents across the street from the Jackson 5, on Hayvenhurst in Encino. Her mother was a Mexican socialite and her father a musician and carpenter. Christina was sent to live overseas and lived in Mexico for a brief time with her two younger brothers. While in Mexico, she attended a private school where she learned ballroom, Greek, Spanish, Mexican folkloric dance and drama. Christina studied modern dance and theater at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona and film production and photography in Scottsdale Community College. She studied the Meisner Technique with award winning actor and Meisner professor David Barker. After working in Phoenix on a few independent film projects and in local theater, Christina's entrepreneurial drive led her to return to Los Angeles full time to start an online fashion business called VivaLuxury.com. She worked long hours while maintaining auditions. A year and a half later, Christina found herself working as a freelance writer and public relations agent. As a pr agent, she's worked with the American Film Festival, the Phoenix Film Festival, New York Fashion Week, the Taste Awards, and on a few independent film & TV projects. As a writer and expert, she has been mentioned and seen in the Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal Asia, Fusion TV, Telemundo 52, Examiner Fashion, AZ Republic's Style Section, Hollywood Weekly, Esquire Latino, Fox News Latino, KCAL9 CBS, Lucky Magazine, and Empowher.com. She resides in California and plans to work in film in Florida and Alaska in the next two years to direct her first feature film. She hosts a podcast called Love Haute Talks and is on YouTube as CRA Visuals.