
Christina is originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She received her Master's of Education in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University in 2001 and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Spanish from the University of Notre Dame in 2000. Christina worked at Harvard in undergraduate admissions with prospective applicants and their families as a Harvard Interviewer and at an inner city Boston high school through the COACH program (College Opportunity and Career Help). Christina also served as the Director of College Counseling at an independent high school in Austin, Texas where her responsibilities included administration of standardized tests and college preparation curriculum planning. Before joining College Connections, Christina was the Director of Guidance and College Counseling at a local charter high school in Los Angeles where she helped students choose the right colleges, reviewed essays, wrote letters of recommendation and interacted with admissions officers from around the country. Christina is bilingual and brings both her exceptional abilities and professional expertise in Ivy League admissions as well as her years of experience working with high school students to College Connections.