Meet The Team
Kristin Kline - Founder
Kristin Kline is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Convicted COMEBACK. A program developer, fitness professional, public speaker, and reentry leader, she designs and delivers structured wellness, personal development, and reentry programs that combine lived experience with professional expertise.
After navigating adoption, sexual trauma, domestic abuse, addiction, and incarceration, Kristin rebuilt her life through education, discipline, fitness, and accountability. Holding degrees in Business Management and Exercise Science, and certified as an ISSA fitness professional, she transformed her challenges into practical programming that emphasizes personal responsibility, trauma-informed care, and real-world tools for change.
Kristin leads correctional partnerships, workforce initiatives, community wellness programs, and public education efforts. As a dynamic speaker, she addresses topics including trauma recovery, functioning addiction, boundaries, motherhood after incarceration, and turning adversity into purpose. Her leadership philosophy balances deep compassion with high expectations—meeting people with dignity while refusing to accept excuses.
Kristin does not rescue people. She builds doorways, provides tools, tells the truth, and holds the door open for those ready to do the work.
Dr. Julie Hoffman
Yoga Therapist, Educator, Nurse Leader, and Wellness Facilitator
Dr. Julie Hoffman brings decades of healthcare, leadership, education, and yoga experience to the Convicted COMEBACK team.
Before becoming a full-time yoga educator, Julie worked as a nurse for 28 years, much of that time in leadership. That background gives her a deep understanding of the body, recovery, safety, resilience, and the importance of meeting people where they are.
Julie has practiced yoga since the 1980s and is an E-RYT® 500, RPYT®, and YACEP®. She is especially passionate about bringing yoga to incarcerated men and women, where movement, breathwork, and stillness can offer participants a rare opportunity to reconnect with themselves.
Her classes are designed to support physical awareness, emotional regulation, mobility, confidence, and a greater sense of internal calm.
In addition to her work inside correctional facilities, Julie works with stroke survivors, teaches aerial yoga, and serves as an adjunct professor at Arizona State University, where she introduces younger generations to the practice and benefits of yoga.
Julie believes every person has the capacity to heal, grow, and improve the quality of their life. Her work creates space for participants to slow down, become more aware, and build the tools needed to face life with greater steadiness and intention.
Outside of yoga, Julie also reads Tarot and studies astrology, reflecting her open-minded approach to self-awareness, healing, and personal growth.This can also be tightened into a shorter team-card version later
