Claudia was born and grew up in Jamaica. She holds an MBA and a doctorate in Transformational Leadership. She met her husband, Guenson (a Haitian), at age 16 at Bible College in Jamaica. Claudia is the director of Hand-Up Micro Credit in Cap-Haitian and dean of business at Emmaus University where Guenson is president. Together they co-pastor Discipleship Evangelical Church which they started in 2012. They moved to Haiti in 2010 where they live with their 3 dogs: Shadow, Lola, and Candy.