Christopher was born on 27 October 1947 in the Old Plantation, and raised in the Long Look Estate on Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
[1][2] Her father was Ivan Lettsome, a fisherman and local constable, and her mother was Hilda Potter-Lettsome.
[3] She received a diploma in executive secretarial studies from Duff's College in Barbados and a certificate in public administration from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica.
Christopher supported establishing a territorial pledge and song, as well as a national museum for local historical artefacts.
[1] She was honoured at an official funeral on 3 November 2018, at the Sea Cows Bay Methodist Church.