Claudia Ontiveros is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from California State University, Long Beach, with a double major in Chicano/Latino Studies and Spanish Linguistics. She obtained her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Chicago and a Master’s in Education from City College of New York.

She has worked as a public school teacher in the Bronx, New York, a community mental health therapist in Los Angeles and currently as a Psychiatric Social Worker in Los Angeles public schools. Claudia began as a volunteer with New Hope in 2017, facilitating school-based groups and leading healing circles in family camp.