Christina is a first-year Clinical Psychology M.A. student at UCCS. She received her B.S. in Psychology at the University of Central Florida in 2023. Under the mentorship of Dr. Erica Fissel, she completed an honors undergraduate thesis on barriers to leaving abusive relationships in the military.

Christina is interested in investigating the effectiveness of current PTSD treatments, specifically on victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) and military sexual trauma (MST). Additionally, she would like to explore internal and external barriers that victims of IPV and MST encounter when seeking help and how these affect victims’ help-seeking behaviors.