KristiAnna Santos Whitman

KristiAnna Santos Whitman, MA, PhD, is a daughter of Guam and the proud mother of one. She manages Guam’s Garrett Lee Smith grant, Focus on Life, which is administered by the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center, the island’s state mental health agency. Dr. Whitman is a licensed professional counselor and received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame, a master’s degree from Seattle University, and a doctoral degree in counselor education and supervision from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She has taught courses in human services and counseling at a local community college and the University of Guam.

Her passion for mental health discourse and promotion stems from her commitment to the counseling profession and her lived experience as a survivor of postpartum psychosis and depression. Dr. Whitman loves living in Guam and building her family on the island that raised her.