Christine Ferry worked for 25 years as Director of Adult Custody Mental Health for Santa Clara County. She has extensive experience working with populations suffering from trauma, homelessness, incarceration, mental illness and poverty.

Christine is an RN with experience in Trauma, Hospital Administration and Forensic Mental Health. Christine is a certified Compassion Cultivation Training Instructor, through the Compassion Institute.

She is currently working at the Recovery Café San Jose as the mental health consultant.

She has seen and experienced the effects a lack of compassion and common humanity have on individuals.  Her work compelled her to begin meditation and study of Buddhist philosophy and practices.

Her goal for the remainder of her time on this planet is to share the lessons of compassion cultivation as far and wide as possible.