FireStarter Coaching

FUEL TO IGNITE YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS

(510) 788-0689

I work with self-identified women and non-binary visionary leaders and lawyers of color who desire to Breathe, Grow, Be, Lead and Empower themselves personally, professionally and in their communities. I work with my clients to Breathe by identifying and embracing their presence, to Grow by opening their heart and minds, to Be by courageously living and speaking their truth, and to Lead others by example. In turn, my clients Empower themselves and by doing so, they Empower others to do the same. 

christine start

Christine Start is a certified professional coach and full-time lawyer. She is also a single mother to two young children. Christine is featured as one of nine women criminal defense lawyers in Andrea Lyon’s newest publication, The Feminine Sixth: Women for the Defense, a book that probes the non-fictional accounts of women criminal defense lawyers across the country.

Christine is the Visionary Founder of the Pinay Powerhouse Conference, the country’s first-ever inaugural women’s conference focused on the empowerment of Filipina attorneys and aspiring attorneys as leaders in law. She also serves as the Executive Director of its newly formed non-profit (c)3 organization to support the empowerment (educational, personal, professional and social development) of Filipina and Filipina American lawyers, legal professionals, and law students in the United States of America.

In addition to serving as Arts & Culture Commissioner for her hometown, Christine is on the Board of Governors for the University of San Francisco School of Law, Co-Chair of the Women Lawyers Network for the National Filipino American Lawyers Association, Advisory Board Member of the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California, and a California Asian Pacific America Bar Association Public LEAD Fellow.

Christine was recognized as a “Best Lawyer Under 40” by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) in 2017. In 2017, she was also honored with the Minority Bar Coalition’s “Unity Award” for working in a unified manner to advance the cause of diversity in the legal profession.

Christine received her B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law where she was honored with the “Pursuit of Justice Award” of her graduating class in 2010. In 2015, the Solano County Public Defender and Alternate Public Defenders’ recognized Christine with the Thurgood Marshall “Intricate Planner and Defender of the Poor” Award.

Christine lives her power like no other.

She is a master model of what it means to lead and live your life by example. She is able to handle the mass of Life’s challenges by knowing her value and tapping into any aspect of her wholeness as she desires. Her willingness to be seen grants other the comfort and empowerment of being seen themselves. Simply by being authentic to who she is-- an intuitive, compassionate, courageous and vulnerable sharer, she inspires and shines. She is embodied in her womanhood and commitment to serve humanity. She is fire and water: passion, honor, leadership, intellect, and ambition with playfulness, love, adaptability, grace and healing. By leaning inward and into the divine present, she manifests her range of visionary powers and speaks her soul with fierce grace.

CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL COACH (CPC)