Full Name
Corinne Coia
Speaker Title
Community Wellness Specialist
Speaker Bio
Corinne loves working with students through a holistic lens to help support them through their unique life challenges. Corinne has experience working with members of the LGBTQ+ community and has extensive experience working with topics such as stress management, mindfulness, sleep, body image and athlete specific issues. Corinne joined Yale after spending two years at the University of Notre Dame working on well-being initiatives within the athletics department and worked to create a psycho-educational program for both student-athletes and coaches. During her time at Notre Dame, Corinne worked to create a mental health bystander program for all students and served as a Koru Mindfulness instructor. Corinne spent several years working with eating disorders as a therapist at Walden Behavioral Care, where she did both individual and group therapy and was part of the team who worked to create an athlete specific program called GOALS. Corinne earned her Master's in Social Work and Bachelor's in Kinesiology from the University of New Hampshire where she was a member and captain of the Women's Basketball team. Corinne currently resides in New Haven with her wife Elizabeth and their two dogs, Hunter and Ollie. Corinne enjoys hiking, home renovations and painting/photography.