Her new job at a posh firm derailed, she cycled in and out of corporate jobs until the fall of 1997, when she followed through with her goal of going back to school even though she was unemployed.  Work as a librarian, which doesn’t involve travel or overtime, allows her to satisfy her true desires as a freelance writer and public speaker.

Christina is a contributing editor to Schizophrenia Digest, where she wrote the Living Life column, and currently writes the Recovering Together Q&A.  For New York City Voices, the mental health advocacy journal, she wrote the Bruni in the City column, as well as numerous articles, on topics as diverse as fitness, culture and online dating.

A dynamic motivational speaker, she has lectured for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), at their yearly New York State educational conference, and for local NAMI affiliates in New York City, as well as for the Consumer Speakers’ Bureau of the Mental Health Association of NYC.  Over the years, she has talked to hundreds of patients, family members and the general public about living well in recovery.

Her greatest joy is the ability to get up and go to work every day.  She has written a memoir, Left of the Dial.  Christina enjoys living in the City, attending and performing at poetry readings, and sharing time with her family and friends.