Christine Liwag Dixon

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Location
New York, NY
School
Madonna University, Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Expertise
Royals, Politics, Fashion
  • Christine has followed the British royal family for as long as she can remember and has been cited as a royal expert by several international publications.
  • She cut her teeth on the political circuit first as the assistant editor and then the editor-in-chief of the now-defunct DL Magazine. She has covered three presidential elections to date.
  • Christine has penned several poetry collections, including "From These Islands I Rise," which hit number one on the Amazon Best Sellers list in Asian American poetry.

Experience

Christine Liwag Dixon's passion for writing began at the age of 6, when she joined the staff of her school's newspaper as a roving reporter. In the years since, she has honed her skills as a journalist, copywriter, ghostwriter, book reviewer, sensitivity reader, and editor. Since beginning her professional writing career over a decade ago, she has covered a wide range of topics including politics, history, royals, film, and TV. Christine has been writing the "Barkada Tayo" column in the Filipino Star News since 2014 and has written extensively on the Asian American experience. Christine's words have been published in Mic, Glamour, Allure, HuffPost, Amendo, What Rough Beast, The Drabble, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Marias at Sampaguitas, and more. She is the Content Director and co-founder of the multimedia platform Samahan.

Education

Christine attended Madonna University where she was pre-law and majored in piano performance and English. She briefly attended Thomas M. Cooley Law School before pursuing writing and editing full-time.
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  • What Happens When You Hold Your Pee?

    When you've got to go, you've got to go, but sometimes there's no convenient place to do your business. We've all experienced the agony of a full bladder. What happens when you're stuck in traffic, or the line to the restroom is winding down the hallway and you have no option but to hold your pee?