Claudia G. Peyton discovered a love for science during her second time as a student at SBVC. She teaches in the Department of Occupational Therapy at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Claudia G. Peyton teaches in the Department of Occupational Therapy at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Peyton, a San Bernardino native, attended St. Bernardine High School and graduated from SBVC with her Associates degree. Peyton was a medic and psychiatric technician in the U.S. Army Medical Specialist Corps during the de-escalation of the Vietnam conflict. She returned to SBVC in 1977 to prepare for Loma Linda University's Department of Occupational Therapy. Peyton discovered a love for science and also played varsity basketball and volleyball. She transferred to Loma Linda University in 1978 and completed clinical internships at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and California Children's Services, Medical Treatment Unit, in Orange County. Peyton taught at Loma Linda University while serving as Director of Occupational Therapy and Recreational Therapy for the inpatient psychiatric unit. She earned an M.S. in Education from USC. During her seven years at Loma Linda University, she volunteered at the Downtown Women's Center in Los Angeles and was a founding board member of Inland AIDS Project. Peyton served as chairperson of a new Occupational Therapy program at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. and lead development of the first clinical doctorate in the field. She earned a Ph.D. with an emphasis in Psychological and Cultural Studies at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.