Coach "CC" - Cristina Cuervo
Executive Function Coach & Academic Specialist
Languages: English - Spanish

CC gets it - because she's been exactly where you are. She walked through the doors at Hi-Lite as a client, did the work, and four years later she's on the other side of the table as a coach. That's the whole point of Kaizen: show up, get a little better, keep going. CC is living proof of where that road leads.
She brings a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Central Florida and 15+ years of figuring out what actually makes executive functioning click - not the textbook version, the real-life version. Her thing? Building systems that work with your brain instead of fighting it. No "just try harder." No one-size-fits-all. She helps you find the strategies that fit you.
Students who work with CC pull their grades up, stop drowning in overwhelm, get more independent, and - maybe the biggest one - start believing they've actually got this. She's also coached plenty of GED candidates straight through to passing their exams.
CC knows what stuck, overwhelmed, and "why am I different" feels like from the inside. That's exactly why she's so good at this. Relentlessly positive, real with her encouragement, and creative when the obvious answer isn't working - she's the coach who helps you go from lost to in control of your next move.