Lauren grew up in and around Lake Michigan and her appreciation for the outdoors began alongside her love for for both film and digital photography. A graduate of Savannah College of Arts and Design, she has been published in Rock & ICE,  Backpacker, and Wild Northeast magazines, as well as numerous other digital platforms and blogs, and has worked with Midwest environmental non-profits like Urban Rivers and Alliance for the Great Lakes to document their projects and efforts. Recently, she has combined her mountaineering and climbing experience to document adventures across North America’s glaciers for the American Alpine Club and more and continues to use photography to aid in environmental activism and people’s connection to the outdoors.