Empowering others with her inspiring life story, Christina Meredith survived sexual, mental and emotional abuse, trauma, aging out of foster care, poverty and homelessness to forge a life committed to helping others. Through strong faith, hard work, and creativity she went on to become Ms California, found her own nonprofit foundation, and pursue the path to becoming a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army. As told in her book, CinderGirl: My Journey Out of the Ashes to a Life of Hope, during appearances on the Today Show and before speaking audiences nationwide, Christina’s story celebrates the transformative power of education, and the potential within all of us triumph over adversity. "My entire story is about hope, faith, hard work, achieving the God given dream and purpose that you have been given in this life, and not allowing things to deter you, because circumstances change," she says. "With hard work and a little faith, you can make them change."

Christina Meredith is from the oldest city in the Nation, Saint Augustine, Florida. Christina endured years of abuse before entering the foster care system. Passed from family to family, Christina finally landed in the home where she remained until she aged out of the system at 18.

Graduating from Allen D. Nease high school with nowhere to turn, Christina spent the better part of a year homeless in Jacksonville and living in her car. Eager for a fresh start, Christina moved out to California where she took a series of odd jobs, eventually catching the eye of a pageant recruiter who suggested she compete in the Miss California pageant. In April of 2013, Christina won the title of Ms. California and has since dedicated herself to speaking out and directing policy change on behalf of abused children all over the country.

She has been the recipient of ISF’s 2019 Community Impact Award from the state of Texas for her work in child welfare reform across Texas, opened for the Special Olympics, spoken to congress on the foster care crisis pushing for bigger mental health budgets specifically trauma therapy services for all foster youth, the state of Florida had her to speak to hundreds of foster youth and state workers teaching trauma awareness, the city of Saint Augustine hailed her a hometown hero awarding her the yearly Child Abuse Prevention month from the Saint John’s Commissioners office, She has spoken all over the country sharing her story, from appearances on the Today Show, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, and others; Christina’s story has encouraged millions that they too can heal from the wounds of trauma becoming all they dream to be.

Her mission to change the way America handles foster youth is well on its way as she continues to travel the country as a foster care activist and mental health advocate as a nationally sought-after Speaker. She has launched her foundation the Christina Meredith Foundation that advocates for foster care reform, youth to receive basic necessities, health care, trauma care, and education. 

Christina concluded her national book tour with her first book, Cindergirl, published by Harper Collins and is working on her second. She is a national speaker represented by APB Speakers. Christina concurrently serves as a Signal Intelligence officer in the US ARMY receiving her commission from the University of Florida and has a bachelors degree in Political Science with a focus on Foreign Affairs from University of North Florida. She lives with her husband and recently welcomed their first child last summer.