Claudia has played volleyball for over 10 years and is in her first year of coaching. She grew up in Colorado where she played on Holy Family High School’s Varsity volleyball, basketball, and tennis teams. She went on to play collegiate volleyball at Colgate University where she helped lead the team to three Patriot League semi-final matches and secured a bid to the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) tournament in her final season. She was named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll three years in a row. Her favorite volleyball position is middle blocker.

She currently is a medical student at Duke University School of Medicine. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, skiing, spending time with friends, and playing basketball and tennis.