PA-01: Christina Finello (D)
PROFILE
About Finello:
Christina Finello is a 5th generation Pennsylvanian — born in Bristol, raised in Warminster, and living in Ivyland with husband, Todd, and two daughters, Katie and Nora.
After earning a joint law degree and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Villanova Law and Drexel University, she took an extended internship at a federal correctional facility in Missouri, interviewing and performing psychological evaluations on some of the most violent and hardened prisoners in the federal system. After graduation, she returned home to Pennsylvania wanting to help the community she loved.
She has spent the last 10 years as deputy director of the Bucks County Division of Housing and Human Services and working with the Philadelphia Veterans Court. She has served on the board of Alpha Bravo Canine, where she helped connect veterans with combat-related injuries with well-trained service dogs, and since 2017 she has served on the seven-member elected Ivyland Borough Council.