Christina Lin received a Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology at UCLA in June 2000 originally intending to pursue a career in the health field. However, after some time off from school and some soul searching, Christina pivoted to her heart’s passion in social welfare and returned to UCLA for her Master’s in Social Welfare.
After completing school, Christina worked for Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services for twelve years, spending seven years as a social worker in Continuing/Ongoing Services and Dependency Investigations, and five years as a supervisor in Emergency Response.
In October 2015, Christina moved away from direct practice and joined UCLA Academy of Workforce Excellence. Ever since joining UCLA, Christina has been a lead trainer for newly hired line social workers as well as a lead for the Supervisor Core Academy in Los Angeles County.
Christina is now a subject matter expert in Structured Decision Making (SDM), including helping LA County develop a large-scale webinar training series for social workers, supervisors, and managers, as well as developing an eLearning on SDM fundamentals. In addition to SDM, Christina is a certified CANS trainer as well as supports curriculum development in Los Angeles County in various child welfare topics.
When Christina is not thinking about SDM or other important topics in child welfare, Christina loves being out on the tennis court, exploring the great outdoors on the trail, reading a good book, and spending quality time with her family and her dogs.
