Helping Students & Adult Learners Succeed Without Burnout
Professional Speaker | Higher Education Consultant | Author of Get the Degree Without Losing Your Mind
Today, more students than ever struggle with mental health, motivation, and self discipline.
Whether you’re a working professional pursuing a degree, a PhD candidate navigating burnout, or a college student trying to juggle it all—I’m here to help.
I’ve spent my career guiding and training students as well as corporate executives. I started my career in the foreign service as a U.S. diplomat when I was twenty-four years old, and it was at the State Department that I was trained by some of the nation’s best to speak on behalf of the U.S. government around the world. Since then, I’ve addressed audiences everywhere from university campuses to corporate boardrooms—guiding students, professionals, and emerging leaders alike.
Today, I speak to adult learners of all kinds:
✔ Executives earning certifications
✔ Professionals returning to school
✔ College and graduate students
✔ PhD candidates
Christina offers practical tools that address these issues at their core.
The Problem:
College is taking a toll. Wiley’s Student Mental Health Landscape Report found that, of students surveyed, more than 25% are dealing with serious challenges—from balancing school, work, and family to covering tuition and living costs, all while feeling unprepared for a career.
According to research done by Hanover, 33% of students are concerned about their level of discipline, self-motivation, and study skills.
The Solution:
Christina’s message—rooted in decades of experience and the latest scientific research—gets to the heart of these challenges. She offers practical techniques to improve focus, memory, and concentration. In addition to teaching strategies for time management, strategic planning, and organization, Christina equips learners with tools to integrate health and wellness practices into their daily routines, enhancing efficiency, effectiveness, and overall well-being.
The Result:
Students and adult learners leave her sessions not only inspired but empowered with the skills to focus more clearly, plan more strategically, and achieve their personal, professional, and academic goals—without burning out.
What People Are Saying
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Graduate Student & Educator
This is a book I wish I'd read years before my own undergrad and graduate degrees. In a very clear and straightforward manner, it outlines practical steps to achieving your own personal educational goals, beyond just good grades. It's well-organized and super readable.
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Adult Learner
I’m currently taking an architecture course in the evenings and wishing I had your book earlier. I’ve already applied the Project Planning tool for my final architecture assignment and…have manageable mini tasks spaced out for the next few weeks!
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College Advisor
Ms. Lopez provides tangible methods of organization specific to a busy student’s life that are simultaneously brilliant and simple.
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If You’re Navigating Academic or Professional Studies,
Maintaining a Career or Internship, and
Want to Achieve a Balanced Life, We Offer Tools that Can Help:
Do More In Less
Time
Improve Your
Focus
Enhance Memory And Concentration
Incorporate Wellbeing Into Your Success Plan
Meet Christina
I’m a former U.S. diplomat with an insatiable appetite for travel, learning, and sharing what I know. After more than a decade in higher education, I now serve as a consultant for one of the world’s Big Four consulting firms.
A teacher at heart, I’ve dedicated my life to education and personal development, and my mission is to share the best of what I’ve learned to help others succeed.
Sure, I’ve done some impressive things, but I’m also an ordinary person (and first-generation college student) who learned to turn everyday effort into extraordinary results. Now I teach that “success is a system” through my book, workshops, courses, and presentations.
I’ve spent a lot of time in school, so what I teach extends far beyond the classroom. My focus is on practical tools, time-saving strategies, and mindset shifts that help people balance work, studies, and life—all while maximizing progress and maintaining joy.
