Christine M. Sabatino graduated Magna Cum Laude with her BSN from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002. Christine currently works at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center as an ambulatory office practice nurse on the breast medicine service. She began her nursing career at the New York University Medical Center as a staff nurse on an obstetrical unit for a year and a half. Following this role, she pursued and accepted a position on the bone marrow transplant unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

In the Spring of 2006, Christine participated in the Oncology Nursing Society's Rising Stars Mentoring Program at its annual Congress/National Convention and became an Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN). She is currently enrolled full-time in the Adult Health/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner program at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, and continues to work at the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center. She was awarded the 2006 John A. Hartford Master's Scholarship and is a current member of Sigma Theta Tau International Society of Nursing, the Oncology Nursing Society and the Gerontological Society of America. Other awards include: Ellen D. Baer Award (2002), Hillman Scholar (2000-2002), Claire Fagin 21st Century Mentored Research Scholarship (2001), and Golden Key Honor Society (2001). Among her career goals and current interests, Christine plans to focus on improving the healthcare of older adults, specifically in the arena of cancer survivorship, and contributing to scholarly nursing research.