Lauren completed her Bachelor of Science in nursing at Columbia University in 2012 and began her career in cardiac progressive care in Detroit. She quickly transitioned to labor and delivery to pursue her true passion, and graduated from the University of Michigan with her Master’s degree with a focus in nurse midwifery. Lauren also spent two years working in a private obstetrics practice and volunteered as a doula at San Francisco General Hospital, where she witnessed the ability of midwives to provide vital care to women and was inspired by how they educated and empowered the patients they served. She began her career as a Certified Nurse Midwife in 2015 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Lauren is a wife and a mother of three boys, and enjoys cooking, baking, reading, hiking, chasing after her wild and crazy boys and riding her Peloton.