Christina Bolduc Cinti ’02

Christina Bolduc Cinti, South Burlington, VT, died May 7, 2023, of breast cancer.

Showing her characteristic tireless strength and optimism, along with the support of her family, friends, and large community, Christy had beaten back her breast cancer, with a cancer free diagnosis for over a year. Tragically, her cancer came back with a horrible vengeance, in ways currently untreatable, spreading more quickly than could be managed even by the talented professionals at UVMMC and Brigham Women’s/Dana Farber. Thanks to the wonders of palliative care and the dedicated staff of Bayada Hospice, she died without pain in her favorite spot in the world at her childhood home, with the doors and windows open to the sounds of spring. The sunrise of her final day revealed apple blossoms in full bloom.

Christy attended South Burlington schools and graduated from Saint Michael’s College in 2002. A varsity tennis player for the Purple Knights, she received the NE10 Conference Sportsmanship Award in her senior year. Her first teaching job was at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco where she was a beloved teacher, coach, and role model – enthusiastic, smart, caring. and creative. This is also where she met her husband, Ray Cinti, a fellow science teacher. They were married in 2009 and Christy quickly enjoyed a mother’s role to Ray’s children whom she has loved as her own.

Christy and Ray moved back to South Burlington in 2015 where she took a teaching position at the Christ the King School in Burlington. This became the second home of her heart. She loved the students, her fellow faculty, and had a special love for teaching middle school students.

In 2021, Christy began pursuing a new career, this time, as a nursing student. Christy loved the prospect of directly helping those in sickness and providing gentle care to anyone struggling with health. She made many new and very close friends with her new classmates, and they have become loyal supporters in these last weeks.

In addition to her husband, Ray, her children Bryce and Nora, and Ray’s daughters Serafina and Laurel Cinti, Christy is survived by her parents, longtime Saint Michael’s sociology Professor (now Emeritus) Vince and Allyson Bolduc, her brother Andrew Bolduc ’11 her sister (former Saint Michael’s staff member Michelle Cannon) and extended family.