Christine Francis specializes in finding creative and alternative ways to tell our personal and our families’ stories. She spends her days helping others discover their stories, training consultants, and teaching family history workshops.  She leads a monthly writers club, “The Storyteller’s Club.”  She has created six illustrated children’s books, and has several writing projects in the works including a biography of her father, Roland Minson; a book of Mindful Meditations; and a Children’s Book of Ancestors.  She has taught special interest groups for 20 years including quilting, yoga, women’s meditation and wellness.  Christine served for 40 years in various youth and women’s organizations; she currently works as the local Co-Director of a Family Search Center in Mission Viejo.