Christine Clayburg

Chosen as Boston’s Best Meteorologist by Improper Bostonian magazine and nominated for an Emmy for "Individual Excellence on Camera," Clayburg has worked as a meteorologist for every major US network. Recognized globally for her recurring role as a reporter on "Desperate Housewives", she is also award-winning screenwriter, director, series host and producer of film and television

A direct descendant of Daniel Boone’s sister, Clayburg’s ancestry is Scottish, English, Welsh, Scandinavian, Irish and German. Her ancestors first came to America in the 1600’s and served in every major conflict since the American Revolution. She has climbed the highest mountain in the western hemisphere, traversed the Sierra Nevada solo and led women from ages 9-70 to the peaks of 14,000' summits in the western US.

Clayburg flew with the Minnesota Air National Guard as a Loadmaster on the C-130H aircraft. She was promoted to Tactical Airlift Control Flight Instructor and Aerial Firefighter, on the C-130J with the Channel Islands Air Guard north of Malibu. She has deployed with both units globally, completing many air combat and combat support missions including the ISIS uprising in Iraq, elections in Afghanistan and force projection operations to support the Ukraine.

Recruited by Nasa/JPL for the Astronaut class of 2016, she is currently deployed to Los Angeles to facilitate her cat’s dream of chasing mice on Mars.