After attending the University of Florida for a year, Chris transferred to Santa Fe Community College where she received her A.S. Degree in Paralegal Studies in 1983. She then moved back to her hometown, Davie, Florida, primarily working with the law firm of Leiby, Forencik, Libanoff & Brandt, P.A., and continuing her studies at Nova Southeastern University. Chris met her future husband, Mike Kunz, in 1992 while vacationing on Bonita Beach, Florida, and less than a year later she moved from Davie to Naples to be with Mike. Since 1992 Chris worked in the Naples office of the national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP for fifteen years, and then with Yarnell & Peterson, P.A. from 2013 to date.