In addition to her legislative duties, Christensen works as a business manager for a non-profit. Prior to being elected, Christensen served in the White House as an executive assistant to the Director of Presidential Personnel John McEntee under the Trump administration, as well as a war room analyst for Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. She also worked as an intern for U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, and a communications assistant for the Congressional Office of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

A 2017 graduate of St. Joseph Christian School, Christensen received her bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Missouri Western State University in 2020.

Christensen is a North Missouri native and comes from a long history of family farmers. She can trace her roots back to the Old West outlaw and gunslinger, John Wesley Hardin.

Born in St. Joseph, Christensen now resides in Bethany with her husband, Cole. She attends First Baptist Church in Stewartsville.