Clare affiliated with The Mediation Center in 2009 and became a staff member in 2016. She began her her time at TMC working with people in the midst of family and employment conflicts. Shortly thereafter, Clare also began teaching parenting education classes for parents experiencing divorce. When she became a staff member at TMC, Clare shifted her focus to working primarily with middle to high school aged youth who have been referred to the juvenile justice system, with Restorative Justice Dialogues as the primary objective.
Prior to working at TMC, Clare was the Family Care Coordinator at Clinton elementary school. There she worked with high-risk families, dealt with poverty issues, and taught parenting classes to students' parents, including the refugee population in the school's neighborhood. She also worked as a community educator for sexuality issues, specifically for young adults and high-risk teens.