Kristina Allen Gallo

Kristina (Tina) Allen Gallo is an experienced educator currently teaching third grade at Hacienda Elementary within the San Jose Unified School District since 2011. Previously, Tina worked as a comedian from 2000 to 2011 and held various roles in communications and public relations, including contractor PR Specialist at Maden Technologies, Communications Manager at Spherion for AOL, and MarCom Manager at TRC. Tina's early career included serving as Online News Editor at NurseWeek and Managing Editor at Penton Media/Stardust.com. Tina holds a B.S. in Journalism from San Jose State University and an A.A. in Liberal Arts, Journalism, and Spanish from De Anza College.