Hi! I'm Dr. Christina! 

I am an Optometrist and Functional Medicine-Trained Health Consultant.

Welcome! I started my education with obtaining my Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience with a minor in Biology from Ursinus College. I then continued my education at Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University graduating with degree of Doctor of Optometry. 

People often ask me, why Optometry? When I was in the 6th grade, my mom suddenly began losing her eyesight. She went to some of the top doctors at big name hospitals who did not have a lot of answers for her. As I grew up watching her continue to crush life even with a visual impairment, it motivated me to want to learn more about the brain and the eyes in order to help best take care of her eyes and vision for the rest of her life. 

Throughout my time in college and optometry school, I also had a passion for nutrition and exercise science which led me to finding CrossFit. I realized how much I enjoyed helping others so I eventually earned my CF-L1 to coach CrossFit classes and my PN-L1 nutrition coaching certification.

During my journey of learning all about nutrition, I realized the power of healing through diet and lifestyle. The more patients I saw in clinic, the more I realized I not only wanted to diagnose and treat disease, but prevent and reverse it. I decided to begin studying Functional Medicine and completed coursework through the Institute of Functional Medicine root cause of disease.

In my time in clinic, I would ask people who's eyes appeared to be very healthy for their age, "would you say you lived a healthy life?". Their answers were always "yes" and they would proceed to tell me about how they moved frequently or ate a healthy diet. I could actually see the difference in their eyes. Even if your eye health or vision is not a primary concern, getting healthy overall will only help your ocular disease and hopefully prevent vision issues in your future.