About The Founder

Hi, I'm Kristen and despite having severe challenges focusing and managing my ADHD, I found a way to stay focused enough to make it to medical school. 

But that is pretty much where I thought it would all end.  I had pleased my parents, but I knew that I couldn't compete at that academic level.  I quickly began falling behind and after the first semester I was 1 exam from failing out permanently.

But I had an ace up my sleeve.  I had geeked out at a coding bootcamp early in college and built a mobile app that could calculate stress based on heart rate variability.  I had also developed a system for rigorously prioritizing my school work.  Finally, I had experimented with every kind of motivation / reward system possible to get me to that point.

I combined all three in the first iteration of the Cinglevue app.  And you know what, it worked.  It worked so well that I made it 2 more years with top grades and my choice of rotations.

I liked medicine sure ... but when my app's first beta testers started getting amazing results, when we serendipitously got development funding, and the amazing team we have together assembled itself ... I knew I had a different passion. 

Today I help students achieve their dreams my Cinglevue dream team!