Hi, I'm Lauren.

As an editor and journalist from Phoenix, I've covered culture, food, music, refugee resettlement, food waste, and sustainability for Phoenix New Times and other Arizona publications. I'm a graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication (where I am now an instructor). 

While my background is in journalism, my interests have long been in conservation and birds. I first moved to Dzantik'i Héeni/Juneau in 2021 where I was part of the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC), Juneau Audubon Society, and the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST).

I now live in Dghevey Kag'/Anchorage as the Communications Manager for Audubon Alaska—the Alaska program of National Audubon Society. There I oversee On The Wire, a solutions-based, Alaska-focused bird and conservation newsfeed.

As a public land and wildlife fan, I've traveled across the country/planet visiting famous and not-so-famous public lands. I've also volunteered with the National Park Service and Audubon Southwest and have worked professionally with Tennessee State Parks, Arizona State Parks, and Niagara Falls USA.

I am a former member of Voice Media Guild and SEACC United. I am currently a proud member of the Bird Union at Audubon.

Joys include cycling, birding, reselling, horror, writing speculative fiction and horror stories, doing Alaska stuff with my partner Nate, and singing to my cat Fred Meyer and dog Leroy.