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Lead with Courage.

Lead with Clarity.

Lead with Wholeness.

Executive Coaching for community college leaders with a specialization in Filipina and Women of Color leadership at the intersection of identity, power, and purpose.

You have spent decades proving yourself in rooms that were not built with you in mind. You have led through burnout, erasure, and the invisible tax of representation. And you are still here which means you already know what it costs to lead without the right kind of support.

Claire’s executive coaching is for leaders who are surviving and ready to lead without losing themselves. Ready to lead with cultural grounding, strategic clarity, and a framework built for liberation and building your lasting legacy.

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This Coaching is For You If You Are…

• A Filipina or Woman of Color executive navigating systemic barriers in higher education or a mission-driven organization

• A community college leader of color stepping into or expanding executive leadership

• A first-generation leader carrying the weight of representation while building your legacy

• An executive in transition of a new role, new chapter, or redefining what leadership means for you

• A leader who is ready to put herself first and lead with wholeness

Two women walking and talking on a sidewalk. One woman has short gray hair, wearing an orange cardigan over a black floral dress, and black shoes. The other woman has long dark hair, wearing a white knit jacket, black top, brown wide-leg pants, and black boots. The background shows trees and residential buildings.

Culturally Grounded.

Strategically Sharp.

Claire’s coaching is not about fitting you into a leadership mold. It is about excavating the leader you already are and building the skills, structures, and self-trust to lead from that place consistently.

Every engagement integrates:

• The NARRA Method™ — Nurture, Advance, Reset, Revolutionize, Activate: a leadership framework grounded in cultural identity, contemplative approaches, and inner work

• RISE UP™ Pillars — Reclaim, Ignite, Sustain, Excavate, Uplift, Progress: the strategic roadmap for moving from burnout to breakthrough

• Ingat Ka™ Micro Meditations — somatic mindfulness practices rooted in Filipino wellness philosophy, integrated into every session

• Self Assessment Tools — scientifically validated and debriefed through a culturally grounded, and liberatory leadership lens

• A coaching partnership that helps connects insights and actions connect to lasting behavioral and transformational change

What Claire Brings to Every Engagement

Guiding Principles

  • Presence

  • Listening for Understanding

  • Curiosity and Openness

  • Confidentiality and Integrity

  • Connection and Clarity

Professional Experience

  • 30 years of higher education leadership

  • Former community college president

  • PhD in Education, Oregon State University — critical ethnography, Filipina/x/o experience

  • Coach Member with ICF Global and Sacramento Chapter

  • Certified EQ-i 2.0® and EQ 360® Administrator (MHS)

  • International Coaching Federation Associate Certified Coach (ACC) Training and Certification

  • Liberatory leadership and culturally grounded frameworks

You Don’t Have to Lead Alone.

The clarity, courage, and community you’ve been looking for are not on the other side of one more performance review or one more strategic plan. They are on the other side of doing this work — with the right guide.

Claire has capacity for a limited number of new coaching clients. If you are ready to reclaim your leadership, book a discovery call today.

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