Sharon Siegel was born in Chicago, Illinois. She received a Bachelor of Arts in history from UCLA (1976), a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Goddard College (1977), and a PHD in Clinical Psychology from International College in Los Angeles (1982).

Throughout Sharon's career, she has worked as an educator, psychologist, bilingual Spanish/English counselor, rehabilitation group facilitator, and consultant for governmental agencies and community service organizations including: the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, the University of Guanajuato, in Guanajuato, Mexico (1977-78); the Outhpatient HIV/AIDS Ward of Martin Luther King Hospital/Drew Medical Center (1994-1998); and the South Central Health and Rehabilitation Program (1999-2012).

Sharon has also volunteered with many organizations including United Farmworkers, the Association for Women in Psychology and the L-Fund which she helped co-found in 2012.

Sharon was part of a group of Lesbian activists led by Del Martínez and Lauren Jardine whoco-founded Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres, a women-run center in Los Angeles that provided quality and comprehensive services that catered to women, particularly Lesbians. In January 1985, Connexxus open in West Hollywood operating under the non-profit auspices of Southern California Women for Udnerstanding until receiving its own 501(c)(3) non-profit status. When Connexxus opened, it filled the vacuum for a public space for women and lesbians in Los Angeles and paved the way for other lesbian and feminist spaces.

Sharon was also an active member of the Los Angeles Women's Community Chorus (LAWCC), which she joined upon its inception. After years of membership with the chorus, Sharon joined the Organizing Committee for the Chorus' 20th anniversary reunion event in 1997, which brought many of its former members back to Los Angeles for a celebration of the LAWCC's work and its history of feminist consciousness-raising and community building in Los Angeles thorugh music.

Sharon continues to work as a psychotherapist in Palm Springs, California as well as a committed advocate for human rights and feminism.

Sources: Sharon Siegel, "About Dr. Sharon," Docsharonsiegel.com, https://docsharonsiegel.com/about-dr-sharon/

Tiffany-Day Sangwand and Joy Novak, "Finding aid for the Connexxus/Centro de Mujeres collection, 1985-1991," UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles, http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt1779r55b/entire_text/

Pallavi Srisam, "Finding aid for Los Angeles Women's Community Chorus records, 1977-1990," UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8bc40x1/entire_text/