Tina is a retired Elder in the Church of the Nazarene and has served in various pastoral leadership positions throughout Arizona, California, and Toronto. She is a former educator with over 25 years’ experience working with children, adults, families, and groups. She currently is employed with Samaritan Funereal Home in Phoenix, Arizona as their Family Care Counselor. Tina also facilitates numerous grief support groups and leads organizational debriefings after a loss. She has presented on grief and loss at numerous professional conferences and educational trainings, along with developing holiday programs for bereavement and remembrance. They have brought her 3 beautiful daughters in laws that she’s crazy in love with. She remarried in 2015 after the loss of her husband in 2002. Ron literally rolled right into her life where she learned to laugh and live again. Long term personal life experience has allowed Tina to gain a greater understanding of the many layers of grief and the ability to recognize that the feeling of loss is not something that ends, but instead, is part of a transformative journey. You can learn more about her journey through her story at Unique Grief.
