Victoria Clayton is a writer in Los Angeles whose stories often focus on health, science and family. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications, including The Guardian US, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Midwest Review and more. She’s an adjunct professor of communications, always at work on fiction and often leads memoir and nature writing workshops. In addition, she’s a Climate Cafe facilitator through Climate Psychology Alliance-North America.

Victoria holds an MA from University of Missouri-Columbia journalism school. She’s a 2025 USC Center for Health Journalism National Fellow, a Stowe Story Lab alum and has studied creative writing through UCLA and at New York State Summer Writers Institute.