Kristina Bingham Jones moved to Los Angeles at the age of five. When she was seven, she faced tragedy when her father passed away because of cancer. This became an important life mission later for her as she published a book to help kids cope with the loss of a parent or loved one when young. In the interim, she earned her college degree in Florida and lived in Miami for a number of years involved in marketing as an advertising art director and as a cheerleader for the Miami Heat, following a passion for dance that developed when she was a toddler. She has also been a highly successful entrepreneur, being a founder of a company called Court Buddy, becoming only the 14th African American female to raise more than $1 million in investment capital for a tech startup. She sold her interest in the Company in 2019. In addition to her book, she is the founder of Guardian Lane, a video sharing and telecounseling platform focused on children's grief counseling.