Lauren is a nurse in the Emergency Department, where she has worked for the past 3 years after moving back home from the East Coast. Prior to becoming a nurse, she owned her own business as an Esthetician in NE Portland, offering skin care and other services for three years before moving to Rochester, NY for nursing school. She did not fare well in the cold winters there and, as a native Oregonian, was pulled back to her friends and family here. Lauren has been passionate about skin care and healthy aging practices since she was young. She got her first degree in Anthropology in cultural studies, where she focused on centenarian communities and cultural practices of longevity. 

Lauren approaches skin care holistically, focusing on a person's natural features to enhance what they already have. As an esthetician, she learned that nothing replaces the human touch and meeting face to face with someone to hone in on what matters most to each person long term, and creating a personal routine that matches each person's lifestyle. Lauren provides facials, chemical peels, hydra facial,s and microneedling services. She is constantly learning new services to offer and is always interested in growing her repertoire. 

In Lauren's free time, she is a backcountry cyclist and avid seed collector and gardener during the summer. In the winter, she is a fiber artist playing with dyeing fabrics with plants she saved from the summer to create clothing and quilts. She has a dog named Georgia and is hoping to give her dog a dog someday. She will be returning to school to continue her education in women's health and wellness, as well as pursue her dreams in clothing design and ecological methods of natural fabric dying.