Christina Broderick, LSW

CEO, Founder and Director of Mental Wellness

Christina Broderick is clinically trained Licensed Social Worker who has provided mental health counseling and support for hundreds of middle school and high school students in individual and group settings. She’s worked in K-12 educational settings, as well as higher education since 2012. Christina has provided services for all types of students, including low-income students, students with disabilities, and those suffering with severe mental illness. In addition to mental health, she is passionate about social justice, acquiring a $10,000 state grant for the development and implementation of Anti-Poverty Civic and Community Engagement Fellowship for juniors and seniors in high school. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, with a minor in Spanish (and was Pre-Med!) from La Salle University in Philadelphia and a Master's Degree in Social Work from Boston University. Christina has lived in Los Angeles, California serving with AmeriCorps, spent a summer on an island in Spain studying Spanish, loves playing sports and is a proud first-generation college graduate and first-generation American (Jamaican roots!).

Denisse Quintanilla

Lead Intern

Denisse Quintanilla is the summer 2020 intern at IgnitEDU and a rising junior at Monmouth University in New Jersey studying Spanish/Communication with a concentration in media studies and production. Denisse chose this major because she wants to make a difference in this world, and help change the way that minority groups are represented in the media. She is very passionate about this and believes that she can create that change through this field. In the future, Denisse hopes to become  anchor or reporter for a television station or work at a radio station. As a future journalist, she hopes to bring to light the issues that are important to the community, especially the Hispanic community. Some of Denisse's personal interests include spending time with family and friends, watching Netflix, reading, learning languages, traveling, and volunteering. She is of Ecuadorian descent and can speak Spanish fluently.

"I am excited to intern at IgnitEDU and I am sure that I will learn many skills that I will use in my professional development. I am thrilled to be working at a company that creates a safe space for students to talk about mental health"