Claire is a graduate from Anderson University with a degree in Biblical Studies and Christian Missions. After being actively engaged in mission work domestically and in Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, Swaziland, Australia and Ethiopia, she has now settled in eManzana (formerly know as Badplaas), South Africa. Claire’s heart is to serve God with her time, thoughts and actions. She states, “it’s not my life to live but the Lord’s to live through me”. In 2012, she was awarded The Jefferson Award: Student of the Year for Public Service. She also has been inducted into the Centerville, Ohio Education Foundation Hall of Fame with the 2019 Distinguished Alumna Award.