Christina Villa M.S., AMFT
About Professor Villa
Christina Villa, M.S., AMFT is a Cypress College Mortuary Science program alumna class of 2001. She served in the United States Navy Casualty Affairs program as a Corpsman and Embalmer and brings 25 years of professional practice. She holds California licensure as a funeral director, embalmer, and crematory operator and has been an instructor for the Mortuary Science program since 2019. Upon receiving her Masters in Marital and Family Therapy, she pursued her California license as a marriage and family therapist where she continues to support veterans and families in need. Christina is currently a doctoral student at Oregon State University in the PhD in Counseling program. She is active as a Puente mentor at Cypress College and volunteers with nonprofit organizations participating in counseling children and local bereavement programs. Her research proposal is on how to better serve and counsel community college health science students including community college baccalaureate students pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Funeral Service at Cypress College. Her teaching philosophy is student-centered, and she believes in serving all students with quality, support, and active engagement for their ultimate completion and success.