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Christian Quintero
Health News Florida InternChristian is a Health News Florida fall intern and a senior at the University of South Florida. He is graduating in December with a degree in mass communications.
Prior to being a full-time student, Christian was a surgical technician in the United States Navy. While on active duty he assisted in more than 1,700 surgical cases and deployed to Haiti as a member of Operation Unified Response.
Christian will begin his new career as a member of the U.S. Geological Survey’s communication staff in September 2013. He is married and has a 4-year-old son.