Christian Artley was born in Los Angeles, California. He grew up in nearby Pico Rivera, a thriving Hispanic community adjacent to East Los Angeles. He has studied at multiple academic institutions, both foreign and domestic, earning degrees in Communications and Aerospace Technologies. He has worked with the United Nations, the Department of Defense, and NATO across four partner nations in the aerospace and classified publications sector, respectively. Most recently, he worked in the NGO marketing industry before beginning his graduate studies at the School of Journalism at the Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin. His work across different sectors sparked his interest in media research as it pertains to political sectarianism in post-millennial cohorts through online media exposure and how this informs political opinion and commentary in Western nations.