Cléa received her BA (Honours) from McGill in 2005 before obtaining her law degree and MA concurrently from University of Toronto in 2011. She began working in family law upon her return to Vancouver, with a focus on lessening the impact that separation and divorce has on children. She has extensive experience and success in representing clients in international child abduction cases.

Cléa is a family law mediator and accepts legal aid and low bono mediation clients. She is a member of the BC Family Unbundling Roster. She is fluent in French. In her spare time, Cléa enjoys hiking, knitting and travelling.