Cristina Sampaio lives in Lisbon.

She graduated in 1985 from the Lisbon School of Fine Arts.

She has been illustrating children's books since 1987 and has worked since 1986
as an illustrator and cartoonist for several magazines and newspapers, in Portugal
and abroad.
She has also worked in animation, multimedia and set design.

Her work has been shown in group and solo exhibitions in Portugal, Brazil,
Germany, France and Czech Republic.

In 2002 and 2005 she received an Award of Excellence from the Society
for News Design (USA). In 2006 she received the Stuart Award for the best
Portuguese press cartoon and in 2007 she won first prize at World Press Cartoon
in the editorial cartoon category.