Areas of Expertise

Keynote Speaking

Clara delivers dynamic, insightful keynotes that inspire reflection, spark meaningful conversation, and move audiences toward thoughtful action. Her speaking weaves together culture, emotional intelligence, resilience, creativity, and human development in ways that are accessible, relatable, and deeply human. All keynotes are customized to align with your audience, context, and goals.

Culture, Belonging & Human Connection

Exploring how culture, family systems, language, and lived experience shape how people think, relate, and make meaning. Clara creates space for conversations around belonging, inclusion, and connection that are grounded, nuanced, and relevant across diverse communities and organizations.

Human Behavior, Emotional Intelligence & Insight

Bringing clarity to how people process emotions, communicate, self-regulate, and adapt. Clara specializes in making complex psychological concepts understandable and useful, helping audiences recognize patterns, motivations, and relational dynamics that influence growth, leadership, and collaboration.

Resilience, Transitions & Meaning-Making

Supporting individuals, teams, and communities through change, uncertainty, reinvention, and challenge. Clara’s work highlights how people find grounding, purpose, and direction during life transitions and pivotal moments—personally and collectively.

Education, Parenting & Human Development

Drawing on extensive experience across schools and educational systems, Clara works with educators, leaders, and families to foster environments that support connection, motivation, social-emotional learning, and whole-person development across the lifespan.

Creativity, Expression & Personal Growth

Integrating creativity, reflection, and embodied awareness as pathways to insight, problem-solving, and transformation. Clara incorporates expressive and reflective practices that support clarity, emotional intelligence, and personal growth in both individual and group settings.

Trauma-Informed Awareness & Compassionate Practice

Bringing an understanding of how stress, adversity, and emotional overload affect behavior, learning, relationships, and systems. Clara emphasizes compassionate leadership, emotional safety, and practices that foster trust, engagement, and psychological well-being.

Team Dynamics, Collaboration & Healthy Conflict Resolution

Helping teams understand communication patterns, motivation, and interpersonal dynamics. Clara supports organizations in strengthening collaboration, navigating conflict constructively, and building resilient, high-functioning team cultures grounded in trust and clarity.

Cross-Disciplinary Insight (Health, Education & Human Systems)

Offering an integrated lens that connects biological, emotional, cultural, and systemic factors shaping human experience. Clara’s background across healthcare, education, leadership, and human development allows her to identify patterns, hold complexity, and bring thoughtful perspective across disciplines.

Laughter Yoga, Play & Joy-Based Well-Being

Incorporating science-informed practices that use laughter, playfulness, and joy to support resilience, stress reduction, and connection. These experiences are grounding, inclusive, and surprisingly powerful across schools, teams, and communities.

Workshops & Experiential Learning

Clara offers engaging, interactive workshops designed for professionals, educators, parents, youth, and community groups. Each experience blends insight, emotional intelligence, creativity, and practical tools tailored to the audience's age, context, and goals. Whether the focus is wellness, leadership, psychoeducation, culture, communication, social-emotional learning, resilience, or personal growth, every experience is tailored to the age, needs, and goals of your audience. These workshops are meaningful, accessible, and built to inspire reflection, connection, and lasting change.

Team Building Experiences

Clara facilitates transformative team-building experiences that strengthen connection, trust, and collaboration. Through emotional intelligence, communication strategies, creativity, and interactive exercises, teams learn how to understand each other, navigate conflict, and work together more effectively. These sessions help organizations cultivate psychologically safe, resilient, and high-functioning teams where people feel valued and aligned. Each team-building workshop is customized to your group’s dynamics, goals, and challenges.

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How I Work

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My work is interdisciplinary, human-centered, and deeply informed by lived experience. I don’t believe meaningful change happens through formulas or trends, but through understanding, presence, and thoughtful engagement.

I approach my work by:

Translating complex ideas into language people can actually use
Honoring cultural context, lived experience, and nuance
Balancing intellect with intuition and creativity
Creating spaces for reflection, dialogue, and insight
Connecting individual experience to larger systems and structures

The result is work that feels grounded, relevant, and lasting — not performative or superficial.

Who I Work With

Clara works with:

Schools, universities, and educational institutions
Conferences, professional associations, and leadership groups
Community organizations and nonprofits
Educators, administrators, and helping professionals
Individuals and organizations navigating transition or growth

Her work is well-suited for audiences seeking depth, clarity, and meaningful conversation — not quick fixes.

Bilingual & Bicultural Perspective

As a bilingual and bicultural professional, Clara brings a deep awareness of how language, culture, and identity shape communication, meaning, and connection.

Her work naturally bridges worlds — English and Spanish, academic and personal, systemic and human. This perspective allows her to connect with diverse audiences in ways that feel authentic, respectful, and deeply relatable.

Whether speaking to educators, professionals, or community groups, Clara creates spaces where people feel seen across differences and shared humanity.

Let's Connect

The work I do centers on conversation, insight, and connection—the kind that invites people to pause, reflect, and move forward with greater clarity.

If you’re looking for a speaker, consultant, or collaborator who brings depth, cultural awareness, and real-world experience into the room, I’d welcome the opportunity to explore how we might work together.

Whether it’s a keynote, workshop, panel, presentation, or creative project, my intention is always the same: to create something meaningful, engaging, and lasting.

If this resonates, I invite you to reach out and begin the conversation.

I’d be glad to explore how we might work together.