After graduation Christie attended three different colleges before receiving her degree. She referred to time of her life as her "tour of colleges."
During that time she did took a semester to travel across Europe with
Carrie Ozment (a fellow GHS graduate of '92). After receiving her degree
in special education she taught for three years before quitting and becoming a Salesperson for Student Advantage, Inc). During
her teaching days she met and married Ryan Drais (a '92 graduate of Franklin
High School in Tennessee). They had a son, Barrett Hatten Draiss.
Christie died on Sunday, December 14, 2003.