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Cristina Vaira is an award-winner Singer-Songwriter, honored by the Global Voices Film Festival 2021, presented by the UN Women USA, with her duo Jandro & Cristina, for their song “Libertà, Libertad!“. She is an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music at the Songwriting Department, where she teaches Songwriting, Lyric Writing, Arranging for Songwriter and Buness courses. As an Artist, Music Producer, Performer, Voice Coach, Music Educator, and Writer, she embraces the world of music and arts with the mission of improving human living, in particular, she coaches young aspiring female singers-songwriters to find their voices and stay truthful and respectful to themselves, reinforcing good values, integrity, self-worth, and self-esteem.

Born in Milan, Italy, she moved to United States in 2011 to follow her passion for music and singing, and thanks to a scholarship, she could attend and graduate from Berklee College of Music, with a major in Songwriting. She also holds a Master’s degree in Music Business and a degree in Literature, Philosophy, and Mass Communication, with a major in Journalism, both achieved at the prestigious Catholic University of Milan, Italy. She is the singer-songwriter of her project “Jandro & Cristina“, former The Pillars, a duo band created with her husband, renown Mexican artist Jandro Cisneros. They are also former co-founders of The Pillars Productions, LLC, a production company created to produce music and video content with the purpose of uplifting humanity and enhancing self-improvements. Some of their projects include “Nunc Coepi, Now I Begin”, award winner feature documentary directed by John Wykes, where Jandro Cisneros composed and produced the film score featuring Cristina as singer and songwriter; “Cachorro”, short documentary nominated at the Eco FilmFestival 2016, Mexico City; “Oaxaca” a project in collaboration with the General Consul of Mexico in Boston, and many others. Cristina also received awards as singer-songwriter with her original songs “Libera-mente” and “Dentro Te”, for “Cantazzurro 2008”, “Festival delle Due Riviere 2009”, and radio competitions like “United Radio Music Contest with Radio Monte Carlo, Radio 105, and Virgin Radio”. She was part of the semifinal auditions of the renown talent show X-Factor Italy, and she worked at the major record label EMI Music Italy, where she promoted Italian and international artists such as Katy Perry, Norah Jones, Joss Stone, Jet, Kings of Convenience, Lily Allen, 30 Seconds to Mars, Tiziano Ferro, Valerio Scanu and many others. She is currently living in Boston with her husband and their two children, teaching and working on the release of her first book, “La Legge dell’Amore” (The Law of Love), available in Italian on Amazon and soon in its English version on the same platform.