Krista Flinkstrom

Biography

Born and raised in Stow, Massachusetts, Krista Flinkstrom was an Economics major with premedical concentration at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Her academic interests lie in the nexus of global health, economics, and gender. Krista has focused on challenging herself academically and developing military proficiency on West Point’s Sandhurst Black and Gold team. She has enjoyed the opportunity to attend Airborne school and be the Golf Company executive officer at Cadet Basic Training. This past summer, she worked as an intern with the Development Finance Corporation in Washington D.C., where she helped with the design of its forthcoming gender-based investment strategy. This year, she is the Academics Officer for her cadet company of 115 cadets. Krista hopes to commission into the Engineering branch and to attend Sapper School. At Oxford, Krista will pursue an MPhil in Economics.