Virginia September 12, 2005
Ashok Malhotra
NRI press
NRI, Supriya Christopher is running
for a seat in the Virginia General Assembly.
NRI, Supriya received military leadership training
in the R.O.T.C program and was proud to be commissioned
as an officer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
She got Master's degree in Media Writing from
Johns Hopkins University. She received a Bachelor's
degree in mass communications from Seton Hall
University.
She started broadcasting as a news anchor with
USA Today in Washington, DC and then was an
anchorwoman for an ABC affiliate in Mississippi.
She worked in the field of public relations
and also was a media and communications coordinator
for the City of Virginia Beach. She also president
of professional writing and editing business
called Christopher Corporate Communication.
Supriya is president of the Oceana Officer
Spouses Club. She is former employee of the
City of Virginia Beach. She is knowledgeable
of the issues that affect her basic service
needs and for public safety organizations. She
said, "I will use a balanced and bi-partisan
approach in decision- making and public policy
development".
Christopher was born in New York. Her husband,
Mr. Damien Christopher, Lieutenant Commander
is an F/A-18 pilot in the US Navy and a United
States Naval Academy Graduate. They have two
sons, age 7 and 5. She has lived in Virginia
Beach since 1999
Her husband recently returned from his second
deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
She said, "As a former officer in the Army
myself, and a Navy pilot's wife, I know the
special challenges faced by military families".
She like to represent Virginia State's roughly
360,000 NRIs
