Christina F.

PLATINUM COACH
SUBJECT: Executive Function Skills
AREA OF EXPERTISE: turning challenges into celebrations!

Christina F, M.Ed, BCC, ACAC, PCC focuses on helping teens and college students discover their strengths, achieve their goals, and enhance their relationships in order to build academic and professional success. She educates clients about AD/HD and executive function issues while helping them to explore new strategies, skills, and habits so they are able to turn their challenges into celebrations! Christina believes in a strengths-based model when working with her clients, emphasizing the positive while acknowledging the things that are holding them back.

Christina is a certified life and AD/HD coach through the International Coach Federation and an ADHD Coach trainer through JST Coaching.  She has extensive life and AD/HD coach training through FastTrack, MentorCoach, and JST Coaching.   In addition to her coaching, Christina is a certified science and special needs teacher, and is currently the Director of the Student Success Center at Virginia Tech, having previously served as the Associate Dean for Advising and Academic Achievement at Prescott College.  When not at work, Christina is running and hiking through the Allegheny and Blue Ridge Mountains of southwest Virginia.

With a passion for promoting student success and organizational excellence, Christina has been a higher education administrator for over 15 years.

Education, Certifications, and Awards:IICLCA Certified Learning Center Professional- Level 4 (Lifetime) through the International College Learning Center Association. 
  • M.Ed. in Education, The University of Vermont
  • Certified Learning Center Professional Level 4 (ICLCA) - The International College Learning Center Association
  • Professional Certified Coach (PCC), The International Coach Federation
  • Certified ADHD Coach - JST Coaching and Training
  • Board Coach Certification (BCC) - The Center for Credentialing Education Global
  • Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach - National Board for Health and Wellness Coaches
  • Associate Certified Coach (ACAC), International Coaching Federation
  • Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator Certification - Champlain College
  • Emerging Professional Award - Vermont Women in Higher Education for her innovative work with coaching in the college setting.    ​