born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. As a cosmetic dentist, Dr. Monford-McNish has been practicing for ten years. Her goal is to provide high quality and compassionate care for the broadest imaginable range of dental care while building meaningful relationships over the course of a lifetime.

As a cosmetic dentist, what she enjoys most is being able to transform patient’s lives by giving them a new healthy smile, helping them regain confidence in themselves and providing a satisfying dental experience. Dr. Monford-McNish is a member of multiple dental organizations and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. She is very active in her local community from going to middle and high schools volunteering and speaking to hosting free dental days for those that are in need in the local community to providing $20,000 free smile makeovers.

Aside from her day to day drilling and filling, Dr. Monford-McNish loves spending time with her family, engaging in impactful community initiatives and inspiring others to adopt resilience as a principle for massive and lasting success. As an inspirational speaker, resilience enthusiast and philanthropist, Dr. Christina works passionately to spread her message in hopes that it will inspire others to overcome opposition, leverage hardships as lessons to grow and make a positive impact in the world. Through her books, speaking engagements and work through her nonprofit organization, she is shifting perspectives centered around adversity, compelling individuals to engage in purpose driven work while honoring the power of resilience and its ability to build tenacity, character and perseverance.

Looking back on my life, the three most important qualities that have contributed to my success today are resilience, optimism and focus. Through resilience I have been able to bounce back, recover and adjust to life changes, disruption, disappointment, setbacks and even childhood trauma. So many people get stuck in their pain rather than extracting the lesson that is often at the center of every hard thing that we encounter. In my life, the lessons have been learning to set boundaries, offer forgiveness, give grace, release the things that are beyond my control and to understand that the actions of others is a reflection of who they are and where they are in their lives, and not a measure a my worth or value.

Optimism has been a catalyst for growth in ly life as well. When things got hard I maintained the belief that no matter how difficult the issue at hand was, things could and would get better. Having this type of hope allowed me to work through every ounce of opposition with the perspective that there was an opportunity to learn, grow and be better as a result of the adversity.

Lastly, the foundation of my success outside of my faith has been my ability to remain laser focused on my goals. There are so many things around us working to gain our attention and distract us from our greater goals. When things around me felt like they were falling apart, I remained focused on whatever it was that I was working to achieve, whether it was graduating from college, finishing dental school, growing my practice or even writing my book. I learned early on the power of eliminating distractions, making effective decisions and allowing decisions to drive me towards the life I was hoping for and working towards.

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