Before embarking on a teaching career, Christine worked as a press officer at the French Embassy in London after starting off as a newspaper reporter. She is passionate about languages and travelling and combined both after university with a teaching job in Japan, and then a late gap year travelling around South East Asia and Australia. Christine and her husband and two teenage children live at Force Corner, a wing of the House. Christine loves the outdoors, cross country running, cycling, walking and gardening amongst her interests.