Christina McShine de Jiménez, commonly known as CJ, began her career as a secondary educator, mainly in Latin America. While living abroad in Guatemala, she started her first business, Melanated Girls Around the World. This boutique travel agency unites women through travel and history. During the global lockdown, she pivoted her career from educating youth to educating adults in corporate America. She now provides instructional design, elearning development, and project management services to nonprofits and mid-to-enterprise-sized businesses specializing in building simulations.