Christine Chine

 

Christine Chin is living her father’s legacy. At the age of 16, he left his home in rural China to find work in the United States, landing in Boston. With little education and no English, Christine’s father found work in a laundry and was able to send money back to support his family in China. A few years later, he went back to China to marry, but returned to Boston before Christine was born to earn enough to bring his family over.

At the age of 4, Christine and her mother reunited with her father in Boston. Over the next several years, she became the ‘Ai dee’ (big sister) to her six siblings. Christine was the first in her family to go to college, graduating from Northeastern University. A career in finance later led to success in software project management for various type of applications — financial, healthcare, e-commerce and marketing. She moved to Newton after marriage. Her husband was a Vietnam veteran who later suffered the ravages of Agent Orange, and for whom she was caregiver for 10 years.

After her husband passed, Christine visited North Hill and fell in love with the campus and the friendly atmosphere. A passionate gardener, she’s happy to have an expansive deck where she can grow flowers for three seasons and to be part of the flowers group.

She and her siblings have traveled a great distance since her father’s early passage. All seven attended college and have distinguished careers in healthcare, education, and business. At North Hill, she works as Co-Chair of TAG Immigration, a group devoted to helping immigrants — important work that honors the humble nobility of her father’s life journey.