Clementina de Forest Griffin (September 7, 1886 – April 1, 1980) was an American educator, school administrator, and aeronautical enthusiast based in Los Angeles.

Her father, a lawyer, civil engineer, writer, diplomat, and great-grandson of Zebulon Butler, died in 1895.

[1][2][3][4] Griffin attended Los Angeles High School, where she was captain of the girls' basketball team,[5][6] and graduated from Vassar College in 1909.

[8] She earned a master's degree at the University of Southern California, with a thesis titled "Poverty Among the Mexicans in Los Angeles.

[29] In 1935, to better acquaint herself with the growing field of aircraft mechanics, she spent her summer vacation taking a six-week course at Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute, the only woman in her class.

[36] Griffin lived in Hermosa Beach and later in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles with her mother and sisters.