Christina Lomidze was born in the Former Soviet Republic of Georgia, before moving to the U.S. when she was eight years old. She speaks Georgian, Russian and English. Lomidze has a Bachelor’s degree (cum laude) in Political Science from Baruch College and is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Global Affairs at NYU, with a concentration in Peacebuilding. The experience of living through the Georgian civil war in the early 1990s has greatly stirred and influenced Lomidze’s interest in conflict prevention and peacebuilding.