• MA, Design Education, Regis University
• BA Interior Design, Michigan State University
• NCIDQ Certified
• Member:
  • Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC)
  • International Interior Design Association (IIDA)
  • American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)
  • International Codes Council (ICC)
  • IDEP mentor for the National Council for Interior Design Qualifications (NCIDQ)

With over twenty years of professional experience in commercial and residential design, she actively advocates the advancement of the profession through the maintenance of rigorous educational and professional standards.

Lauren specializes in design pedagogy and curriculum, lighting design, sustainability, and environmental psychology.

She is in the process of co-authoring a textbook on sustainable design education, and has presented nationally and internationally on a variety of subjects.