PCAB Blog post:   Christina Hagestad

Christina Hagestad is the Co-Chair of the PCAB and represents the  City of Essex Junction.  Christina has lived in the City of Essex for about 5 years, having moved from New York.  Christina teaches through theHoward Center.  She works with kids who have  emotional and behavioral issues.  Her students deal with a variety of  trauma, abuse, substance issues and some criminal behaviors, which makes her skills and experience a good fit for the PCAB.  Christina finds her work very rewarding.

Christina’s work with troubled youth is only 1 reason she is involved in the PCAB.  She also is active with the LGBT community.  Christina wants to use her voice and share her opinions about these 2 populations.  She also would like to help their voices be heard within the community.

She is excited about PCAB and wants the community to know about our work.   She likes being able to review Police policies and hear stories from citizens  at the board meetings.  Christina would like to have more communication with community members regarding the Police and any issues that come up.

“It’s important to hear from the community’s “normal people,” not the politicians.  Come talk to us!  We have so many different kinds of people in our communities.”

Contact Christina at:  chagestad@essex.org>