Claire Sullivan graduated with honors from the University of Mississippi in 2020 with a degree in International Studies and French. As an undergraduate student, she served as a RESULTS Real Change Fellow, advocating for international development legislation through lobbying congressional offices. Claire also interned with the U.S. Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, where she assisted in developing ethical photography standards for the Trafficking in Persons Report. In 2019, Claire received a U.S. Boren Scholarship to study Swahili in Tanzania, during which she interned with a local NGO focusing on artisanal miners' rights.

Since graduating, Claire has worked as an analyst at The Palladium Group, contributing to USAID health and democracy projects in Nigeria and the Philippines. She mostly recently worked as a geopolitical and cyber security intelligence analyst with the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation.