Christina N. Jaquez, Ed.M., is an internationally respected educational leader, author, transformational speaker, and visionary Founder & CEO of Circles for Healing Consulting LLC and its nonprofit counterpart. For over 20 years, Christina has ignited courageous conversations, educational breakthroughs, and healing-centered transformation across K–12 schools, higher education, global communities, and corporate wellness spaces.

A former principal, reading specialist, and district leader, Christina is widely celebrated for leading school-wide turnarounds, pioneering culturally responsive literacy systems, and designing innovative models that merge story, belonging, wellbeing, and academic excellence. Her leadership is grounded in Rooted in Respect™, her signature framework that centers humanity, dignity, voice, and healing as the foundation for learning, leadership, and community growth.

Christina is the author and curator of Lessons Between the Lines™: A Sacred Anthology of Healing, Voice, and Becoming—a global storytelling movement and reflective journaling experience uniting contributors across generations, cultures, and lived experiences. This work marks an evolution in her artistry and leadership, blending literary craft, sacred pause, and trauma-informed practice into a powerful tool for literacy, SEL, identity exploration, and emotional restoration.

A creative force and systems-level strategist, Christina weaves storytelling, ancestral wisdom, AI-powered innovation, healing arts, and reflective practice into every space she leads. Her expanding body of work includes immersive media storytelling, sound-infused healing experiences, international speaking engagements, civic and educational partnerships, and large-scale literacy initiatives designed to transform both people and institutions.

Through Circles for Healing Consulting, Christina helps schools, universities, nonprofits, and organizations close opportunity gaps, strengthen culture and climate, integrate ethical AI and 21st-century skills, elevate educator and leader capacity, and build environments where people feel seen, valued, and empowered to thrive.

Whether guiding global educators, coaching executives, curating literacy interventions, designing civic engagement initiatives, or leading sacred healing spaces, Christina embodies grounded strength, quiet power, and purposeful leadership. Every encounter with Christina is an invitation to breathe deeper, think higher, feel seen, and rise into your becoming with courage, reverence, clarity, and grace.

Christina holds dual Master’s degrees in Literacy and Urban Educational Leadership and continues to champion the undeniable truth she has witnessed around the world: story heals, story teaches, story liberates—and when we honor story, we honor humanity.