She earned her undergraduate degree in English Honors with a minor in Business Administration from the University of Ottawa, and her Juris Doctorate from California Western School of Law. Kristan began practicing law in Nevada in 2002, and joined the University Libraries Advisory Board in 2009. In both 2009 and 2010, she was named one of the mountain states’ top business litigators under 40 in the Rising Stars editions of Mountain States Super Lawyers Magazine. Prior to attending law school, Kristan traveled extensively throughout Southeast Asia.