Kristina Orellana is the Office Manager at the Maida Law Firm. Kristina joined the firm in February 2013. She began her career working in the Center for Legal and Social Justice, St. Mary’s School of Law assisting attorneys and paralegals with community outreach in San Antonio, Texas. Shortly thereafter, she worked in an immigration and personal injury firm before moving to Fort Worth, Texas, where she continued to expand her knowledge working for a personal injury litigation firm. In 2013, Kristina relocated with her husband to Houston, Texas and her journey with the Maida Law Firm began. When Ms. Orellana started working at the firm, she liaised and guided the clients through the various stages of pre-litigation but as the firm continued to grow, she now manages the firm’s daily operations and human resources department.

Ms. Orellana attended Texas A&M University and she is a proud Texas Aggie Class of 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. She was also a member of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets. She then attended Northcentral University and obtained her Master of Business Administration in Human Resource Management in 2016. She is also a Texas Notary Public since 2013. Kristina is bi-lingual English and Spanish.

Ms. Orellana enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter, and mother. She was born in Peru and was raised in San Antonio, Texas. Her hobbies are reading, running, drawing, dancing, and writing poetry.