Close Up Radio Spotlights Neurodiversity Advocate Claudia Matteo

Chantilly, VA – An advocate for neurodiversity and mental health, Claudia Matteo, PMP, PsyM, is working hard to bring diverse perspectives into focus. With 26-years of experience as an information technology (IT) professional, her professional goal is to help bring this focus to her work in ethical artificial intelligence (AI).

Claudia shares, "My twice exceptional (2e) gifted attention deficit (ADHD) brain is creative with strong attention to detail, ethics, innovation, and responsiveness—all of which are superpowers and valuable skills in cybersecurity and automation. With cybersecurity, we must be able to anticipate and see multiple perspectives, as hackers will be looking from various angles to find a way in."

Dedicated to civil advocacy and bringing diverse perspectives to that table, Claudia has been a family support group facilitator, lead presenter, and board member of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Northern Virginia collaborating with Inova Action Committee, Loudoun Chamber of Commerce, Loudoun Human Services Network (LHSN), Trauma-Informed Community Network (TICN), and the Virginia Mental Health Access Program (VMAP). Her goals here are to help health and human services meet the holistic needs of all community members. She has also worked with Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) to co-implement roundtables and Rights to Guard Boundaries to better support survivors.

Looking to the future, Claudia has been working on her retirement plan for years and has all the resources in place. "Working with the community, I designed a mental health center that will be free and open to the public with interactive exhibits on how to support various identities."

For more information about Claudia Matteo, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudia-matteo-3a46a796/