Biography
Cristina "Cristi" Arabatzis, MBA, is the Director of Admissions and Recruitment for the FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (FIU HWCOM). In this role, she is tasked with the development and implementation of a holistic and effective mission-based admissions process. In addition, she manages and executes a comprehensive recruitment and retention program and advises prospective students. She is a Miami native and proud FIU Panther. A two-time alumna, she earned her Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Marketing from the FIU R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business in 2009 and a Master of Business Administration from the FIU Chapman Graduate School of Business in 2012. She began working at FIU in 2010 in the Office of Protocol and Special Events, under the Department of External Relations and joined FIU HWCOM Admissions and Recruitment team in 2012. She is a member of the National Association of Advisors for Health Professions and also teaches the First Year Experience course for FIU's incoming freshman students.