Christa was born and raised in eastern Montana and moved to Minnesota for college. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Business Management at Minnesota State University-Moorhead. After graduating Christa moved to Minneapolis and spent the next 10 years working for software companies doing IT recruiting and Human Resources. Today, Christa stays busy raising her 2 boys and has been working for Kluis since 2010. Her responsibilities include accounts payable and receivable and company reporting, managing large customer-outreach projects, updating the Kluis website, managing the Kluis Grain Trading Academy winter class, and various office administration projects.