Cristina is a Certified Career and Executive Leadership Coach, HR and Talent Consultant, Speaker and the Founder of Cristina Costa Coaching. She provides career and organizational leadership coaching services to diverse executives, professionals and small business owners. She supports her clients to navigate pivots and challenges in their careers, find alignment and purpose in their work, and develop a growth mindset for their personal and professional success. Cristina boasts over 15 + years of professional work experience in the education, higher education, non profit and technology sectors, having held various HR, Talent and Learning Development roles at companies such as Northeastern University, YearUp, PayPal, HubSpot, Google and Baruch College as well as taking on executive roles at various edtech startups. 

Cristina is a facilitator at HCI where she teaches Strategic Talent Acquisition, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Steps to Better Coaching and Onboarding your Hybrid Workforce and she has taught 800+ HR professionals and leaders. Her impact extends beyond coaching and organizational training; she has successfully delivered coaching to 8,000+ professionals and designed and delivered professional development workshops for 10,000+ employees through her group coaching, professional development workshops, professional events and national conferences. Cristina is on a mission to equip leaders and organizations with the skills, resources and mindset to take control of their professional journeys and create psychologically safe and inclusive workplaces for all to thrive!