Christina earned her B.A.degree in Social Ecology from the University of California, Irvine. Her high school alma mater, Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California had much influence in her decision to travel abroad to discover new adventures. When she met her farmer husband, Hector, in Costa Rica in 1996, her simple point of view growing up in Los Angeles suburbia (or now popularly known as the OC) changed forever. Though their first daughter was only 2 at the time, Christina went back to school to earn her Teaching Credentials as a Bilingual Teacher for K-8 so that the couple would have "something to fall back on just in case". She went on to teach in California and New Jersey for five years until as a family they decided that the quality of life in the United States as a struggling family of four was not getting better and their dream of living in one of the most biodiverse countries, Costa Rica, was not any closer! So in January 2003 they moved permanently to the Northern Region of Costa Rica where Hector had grown up. By blending their talents and skills they created Reforest Costa Rica S. A. to help clients in all of Costa Rica maximize natural resources, plant trees, and grow a better world.

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