Award-Winning Author. Speaker. Founder.

Christine M. Stroble, Ph.D. "Dr. Chris" is an award-winning author, founder, and keynote speaker in the Upstate of SC. 

She started her career as a public-school English teacher and later college professor. She received her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte., Today, Dr. Chris shares her work with students and faculty at colleges and universities; local, regional, and national conferences; and community events. 

Her research focuses on helping pregnant and parenting students graduate, and she is the award-winning author of, Helping Teen Moms Graduate: Strategies for Families, Schools, and Community Organizations (Feb. 15, 2023, Rowman & Littlefield Education Publishers).

With the national public school high school graduation rate at 87% and the teen birth rate at an all-time low, it's easy to overlook pregnant and parenting students, but the graduation progress doesn't ring true for this student population.

Currently, the CDC reports that there were 143,789 live births to teens ages 15-19 in 2022 and that only 50% of pregnant and parenting students will earn a high school diploma and only 3% will earn a college degree by age 30. Helping Teen Moms Graduate: Strategies for Families, Schools, and Community Organization offers strategies to help more pregnant and parenting students graduate.

In addition to her academic work, Dr. Chris is passionate about helping teens and young mothers live a life of purpose. She knows in order to do that, they must achieve emotional health and wellness. She knows what that takes because she has been on her own emotional health and wellness journey for over 15 years. She has coached individuals on their journey and now through Teen Moms Anonymous, the Christ-centered nonprofit organization she founded, she has embarked on a journey to support teen moms (young mothers) and women who have been teen moms achieve emotional health and wellness.

Founder- Teen Moms Anonymous 

Dr. Chris is visionary founder of Teen Moms Anonymous. Driven by her extensive research, professional expertise, and personal experiences, Dr. Chris recognized the profound emotional wounds that many teen moms and women who were teen moms carry with them. Understanding the urgent need for healing, she was inspired to create a supportive and nurturing environment where they could find solace and strength.

Dr. Chris's commitment to supporting others is deeply personal. As a survivor of childhood trauma, she found healing through support groups like Codependents Anonymous and Celebrate Recovery, where she completed the 12-Step program. These experiences revealed to her the power of shared journeys in overcoming adversity, leading her to establish a similar support system for teen moms.

Drawing on her experiences as the daughter of a teen mom and her professional insights, Dr. Chris founded Teen Moms Anonymous as a Christ-centered nonprofit. Her goal was to create a haven where participants could connect with others who have faced similar challenges, receive emotional and moral support, and develop the skills needed to thrive as women and mothers.

Her story is one of breaking the cycle of teen pregnancy and achieving emotional health and wellness—a journey she now helps others embark on through Teen Moms Anonymous.

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