Christina brings 20+ years leading education organizations through complex change—with a track record of turning bold ideas into operational reality.

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Christina has held leadership roles across the social sector focused on program development, strategic planning and expansion, and building high-performing teams. Her distinctive ability to rally people around shared values while charting a clear path forward has made her a trusted partner to organizations exploring new initiatives and navigating complex change.

Two signature strengths:

  • Christina engages stakeholders so authentically they become champions of change themselves.

  • Christina applies rigorous prioritization to identify the highest-leverage actions when time and resources are tight.

As Chief Program Officer at Achievement First, Christina led at the organization during 10+ years of rapid growth—from 11 to 41 schools serving 16,000 students. She orchestrated organization-wide transformations including COVID response, built new service verticals from scratch, and created the operational infrastructure needed to scale with excellence.

Her distinctive edge: The ability to step into ambiguity, listen hard, and synthesize what everyone else is thinking but can't quite name—then build the roadmap that gets people moving.

She's worked with NewSchools Venture Fund, Springpoint Schools, the Center for Learner Equity, Bank Street College of Education, Instruction Partners, Uncommon Schools, Aspire Public Schools, and Ascend Public Schools on strategic initiatives, systems development, and change management.

Christina started her career as a special educator, eventually leading special services across an entire network—experience that grounds her approach to inclusive organizational leadership. She lives in Washington Heights in a multigenerational household with her partner, two children, and mother, enjoys running, and is unapologetically introverted.