Summary: A multi-faceted woman, Cristina Perez is a successful lawyer, Emmy Award winning television personality, radio host, entrepreneur/business owner, national author and columnist, and devoted mother and wife. The daughter of Colombian immigrants, Cristina was born in New York. Growing up, she lived in many areas ranging from one of the poorest neighborhoods of New York City, to the big city of Guadalajara, Mexico, to the border town of San Ysidro, California to Hartford, Connecticut, and then back to California, which she has now called home for more than 20 years. As a young girl, Cristina was exposed to all walks of life and cultures. She watched her parents struggle with racism, finances, and adapting to the U.S. culture with a foreign language. Cristina learned to speak English around the age of 10 and mastered both languages. She credits her family’s guidance and desire to remain close to their heritage and culture for her personal and professional achievements. In 2006, Cristina made her English-language television debut on Twentieth Television’s first-run syndicated and 2008 Emmy Award winning court show “Cristina’s Court” (Outstanding Legal/Court Show). “Cristina's Court” won the first ever Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Legal/Court Show. Cristina is also known as the enormously popular host of the Spanish language television program “La Corte de Familia” (Family Court) which aired nationally and internationally in fifteen countries on the Telemundo Television Network/NBC (2000-2005). This week, Judge Cristina Perez takes on a new court of public opinion: she's the guest host of Acme Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles on April 11, 2008 at 8 p.m.
