Christina Cruz, MPH
Patient Navigator, AbsoluteCare Philadelphia

Christina is a North Philadelphia native who attended Temple University majoring in Public Health. She graduated with her Bachelor of Science in 2013. In 2021 she then continued to gain her Master of Public Health at Temple University majoring in Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Over the past decade Christina has worked in various roles with a focus on HIV. She has held roles at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health on the Medical Monitoring Project as an Interviewer and Data Manager as well as, an Ending the HIV HRSA program coordinator. Similarly, she has worked at Temple University hospital as a Data Manager within the Infection Control unit and as a Patient Navigation Supervisor at Temple’s comprehensive HIV program. Her interests and experiences have largely been in Public Health and specifically in the field of HIV.

“I enjoy giving back to my community and to those affected by HIV in any capacity.”