She is a recent graduate of Boston University, where she studied film and journalism. Lauren is currently working as a 2024 Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow. She spent the fall in Nepal– reporting on climate migration and female mountaineering guides along the Annapurna Circuit Trail. She has published her pieces– three written stories, a short documentary, and a photo essay– with the Nepali Times, the Pulitzer Center, and Alpinist Magazine. 

She has visual journalism, documentary production, and marketing experience through internships at KGB Productions, the European International Film Festival, Gnarly Bay Productions, the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange, Tiny Pyro Productions, Gimlet Media, and from freelancing at Teton Media Works. Additionally, she recently worked as a surf photographer and cinematographer at a surf camp in Porto, Portugal. Lauren is currently living in Wanaka, New Zealand and freelancing in outdoor brand marketing.

She grew up on the Rocky Mountains of Colorado snowboarding, hiking, and backpacking—inspiring much of the work that she creates.