She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. She then earned her Master’s degree in Public Policy at George Washington University in 1994. After several years in the world of policymaking in Washington, D.C., Christy decided to pursue a law degree at Stanford Law School. She put her policy background to work as Managing Editor of the Stanford Law and Policy Review. In addition, she authored several articles including “Peremptory Challenge: A Postmodern Feminist Approach,” published in the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, and “Voluntary Executions,” published in the Stanford Law Review.