Cristina is a spouse, a parent, a step-parent, a lawyer, and a mediator.  She is passionate about helping people find their own solutions.  

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Experience counts.

• Mediated over 1,750 cases in 9 years  

• Worked with over 300 attorneys in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami 

• Mediated hundreds of cases with at least one, if not two people who were self-represented, or "pro se" 

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Each case, like each family, is unique.  

• Cristina's approach is to meet people where they are - in a difficult moment of their lives - and work with all sides to try to build a better way forward.

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Multicultural and Multilingual.

• Lived, worked and traveled both inside and outside the U.S., primarily in Latin America

• Additional languages spoken: Spanish and Portuguese 

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Qualified.

• Member of the Florida Bar  

• Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator (Family, Dependency and Circuit Civil)

• Primary Trainer - Family Mediation with Florida Mediation Training Center and My Florida Mediator

• Assistant Trainer in Dependency and Circuit Civil 

• Trained in Collaborative Family Law and a member of the Palm Beach Academy of Collaborative Professionals practice group 

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• J.D., St. Thomas University School of Law, cum laude

• M.Sc. Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University

• B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, Amherst College, magna cum laude