Dr. Christina Meiners (HDA)

Dr. Christina Meiners was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley. She was a participant in the Dental Early Acceptance Program  (DEAP) and received her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). After graduation, Dr. Meiners worked as a full time General Dentist and adjunct faculty member overseeing dental students during their clinical rotations at Communicare Health Centers, the non-profit community clinic she once rotated through as a student.  She currently serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor and the Director of Community Learning for the UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry.  She has participated in the ADA Institute for Diversity in Leadership and serves on multiple committees at the local, state, and national level of various organizations. Dr. Meiners is Past President of the Hispanic Dental Association currently serves as the Executive Director.  She actively served on the boards of the Texas Academy of General Dentistry and the San Antonio Christian Dental Clinic and is Past-President of the San Antonio District Dental Society (SADDS), Past President of the San Antonio Academy of General Dentistry (SAAGD), and Past President of the Greater San Antonio Hispanic Dental Association (GSAHDA). She helped found the Building our Leaders in Dentistry (BOLD) program to provide mentorship to underrepresented minority pre-dental students. The award winning BOLD program presents hand-on activities and lectures to inspire a career in dentistry to high school and college students throughout South Texas, and has recently been adopted nationally by the Hispanic Dental Association (HDA).In 2018 Dr. Meiners was one of the first 10 under 10 Awardees of the ADA honoring the top 10 dentists in practice 10 years or less who are making a mark on the profession. Her leadership and dedication to the community has helped her become the recipient of HDA’s National Service Award and receive nominations for the Texas New Dentist of the Year Award. Dr. Meiners is a fellow in the Academy of Dentistry International and the International College of Dentists.