Christina Lynch Markham grew up in Westbury, NY, and began dancing with Lori Shaw and continued at Holy Trinity High School under the direction of Catherine Murphy. She attended Hofstra University on scholarship and performed works by Cathy McCann, Karla Wolfangle, Rachel List, Robin Becker, and Lance Westergard. During college she also trained at The Taylor School and attended the Company’s summer intensive program. After graduating summa cum laude in 2004, she danced with the Amy Marshall Dance Company and Stacie Nelson and The Dance Theater Company. She joined Taylor 2 in summer 2008 and made her debut with the Paul Taylor Dance Company in summer 2013.