Christina Mattingly, Experiential Learning and Student Success Leader

Christina Mattingly - Professional Profile

Introduction

Christina Mattingly, Experiential Learning and Student Success Leader

Builds employer partnerships and designs structured job shadowing, mentorship, expert interviews, and paid or volunteer placements that strengthen student success

Durham, NC | Hybrid, On-Site, Remote,

About

Christina Mattingly builds career-connected learning that turns exploration into measurable student momentum.

Christina’s throughline has always been experiential learning, first as an Emmy Award-winning journalist creating connections with primary sources, then as an educator and advisor helping students find their voice and direction. She has a gift for making big transitions feel navigable, whether that is returning to in-person learning during the pandemic, transferring into a four-year program, or arriving in the U.S. for the first time. That commitment to voice and access shows up in the classroom, too. At Boston International High School, she created a journalism class for international students who felt silenced by racism, so they could build confidence, ask challenging questions, and see their perspectives taken seriously. In a first-year college pathway program, she supported international students as they clarified career direction and navigated the full transfer application process, from researching colleges and shaping personal narratives in essays to practicing for admissions interviews. Across research, teaching, and student support, she connects people, data, and opportunity so progress becomes measurable and personal.

Christina brings a rare mix of empathy and rigor, the kind that helps people feel seen while still driving outcomes. In her first-year college pathway work, she guided 150+ international students (representing 50+ countries) through transfer admissions, and every student earned at least one college acceptance.

On the strategy side, she completed a year-long benchmarking study of experiential learning and employer partnership models across 200+ colleges and universities in the Northeast. She delivered a clear comparative landscape to university leadership to inform how career-connected learning could stay competitive. The work gave her a practical map of how institutions structure and support real-world learning, including internships, co-ops, pre-college programs, community service, civic engagement, and social justice oriented experiences.

She also uses data to track student progress, analyzing ePortfolio key assignments across 20+ programs and 500+ learners annually, then sharing clear reporting with program managers to help spot students at risk early and align rubrics with accreditation standards.

Her journalism roots show up everywhere, in the questions she asks, the clarity of her writing, and the way she helps others tell their stories. She created a journalism class for international students who felt silenced by racism, helping them build confidence by conducting primary-source interviews, including an interview with then-Boston Mayor Marty Walsh (later U.S. Secretary of Labor) where they asked challenging questions that surprised and impressed him. She also facilitated 30+ professional interviews for community-engaged capstones and taught interview and research skills that led to expert conversations nationwide, consistently turning curiosity into confidence and opportunity.

Christina is the kind of connector who makes programs stronger and people braver. If a team is building student pathways, employer partnerships, or outcomes-focused learning experiences, an introduction could lead to something genuinely useful.

Target roles: Experiential learning, internships, or employer partnerships leadership, Student success, advising strategy, or transfer and career pathways, Assessment, program research, or learning outcomes analytics

Get in Touch

Hi, I'm Christina. I help students build confidence and career readiness through experiential learning, advising, and strong partnerships, with 200+ institutions benchmarked in my recent research on internships and employer models. Would love to connect if you're working in higher education, experiential learning, or workforce pathways.

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Christina brings a rare mix of student coaching, partnership building, and program research. She knows how to turn career exploration into structured experiences that help students move forward with clarity and confidence.

Experience

Research Assessment Administrator at Lesley University (Nov 2018 - Jan 2026)

Adjunct Professor of Communications at Lesley University (Aug 2021 - Jan 2022)

Associate Director at Lesley Global Academic Advantage, ILSC Global Foundations (Jun 2018 - Nov 2018)

Student Success and Transfer Advisor at OnCampus Boston, Cambridge Education Group (Nov 2016 - Jun 2018)

English Language Arts and Journalism Teacher at Boston International High School (Sep 2014 - Jun 2016)

Long-Term and Daily Substitute Teacher at MyGlynn Middle School and Boston Latin Academy (Jan 2013 - Jun 2014)

Journalism Experience at Television News Stations (including WHDH-TV 7, Boston; WSTM-TV 3, Syracuse) (Oct 1994 - Jan 2009)