Rear Admiral Christina Alvarado (USN Retired)
Meet Rear Adm. Christina Alvarado, a native of Raleigh, North Carolina, is a registered nurse and graduate of the Alexandria Hospital School of Nursing, Alexandria, Virginia, Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, and holds a master of health care administration from the University of North Carolina, School of Public Health. She was the first nurse to command Naval Reserve (NR) Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Dallas One, a commissioned unit specializing in expeditionary medicine. She led the transformation of the team and stood up the first Reserve EMF in 2011. As a flag assignment, she served as commander, Reserve Component Expeditionary Medicine (2015-2016) and as the Nurse Corps deputy director from 2013-2016.