Cristina Muñiz de la Peña received her PhD in counseling Psychology at the State University of New York at Albany and completed a postgraduate training in family-systems therapy. She also completed her advanced practitioner training at the New York Institute of Core Energetics. In 2013, Cristina co-founded Terra Firma, a program within the Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, NY, focused on providing mental health, medical and legal services to unaccompanied migrant children. Cristina moved back to her native Spain in 2020 where she teaches mindfulness-based therapy at the International University of La Rioja and manages a private practice.