Cristina Espinosa is Operations Manager of Girvin | New York. With contagiously upbeat wit, zippy brainpower, and years of multi-continent brand management experience, Cristina has established time-honored relationships with a diverse list of brand-partners; from foremost hospitality groups such as Kerzner International Resorts and Fairmont Hotels, to high-end retailers like Bloomingdale's and Limited Brands, to leading consumer goods and foods with Procter & Gamble and Kraft. It is her multi-faceted market expertise, intuition and sincere partner loyalty that have built hero brand teams and hero brand stories alike. Cristina was born and raised in Mexico where she attended The Modern American School. She later received a business degree from the Ecole Hôtèliere in Leysin, Switzerland and after a brief career in hotel management, she found her passion to be design and design management which brought her to New York City to continue her studies at the School of Visual Arts, The Cooper Union and Parsons School of Design. She is a member of the MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and a Friend of The Eames Foundation.