Align Above

Kristin Hagen is a two-time airbag injury survivor who did not achieve true recovery until utilizing evidence-based integrative medicine in a structured wellness plan. After discovering evidence-based integrative medicine that focuses on all components of a patient's health-including the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects-she was finally able to achieve meaningful results and feel like her true self again. Upon discovering this type of medicine, she decided to make it her life's mission to grow the field and raise awareness of its benefits. A wellness and nutrition coach, she is a proponent of getting well, staying well and making good life choices. Ms. Hagen is the author of Align Above: My Passionate Dance at Life!, a memoir published in 2018, focused on wellness through integrative medicine, and author of Align Above: Cultivating a Life of Wellness!, published in 2019, aimed at providing youth with the practical tools and information needed to sustain a healthy life of wellness. A lifetime clinical informatics professional, she is also Executive Director of the American College of Medical Scribe Specialists and the American College of Clinical Documentation Outcomes