Lauren is a dark comedy and drama writer born and raised in Columbia, Maryland. The fact that her hometown was created by Edward Norton's grandfather as an intentional, idealistic community--with street names taken from fantasy novels and all--made her think it was possible to envision and create new worlds of her own. While in Maryland, she earned a degree in nursing and worked as a registered nurse for several years in the psychiatric, intensive care, and hospice fields. The experiences gained from this work fueled her ideas for storytelling.

In 2012 Lauren decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue a degree in screenwriting and film studies. Lauren is a 2017 and 2018 Sundance Episodic Lab Finalist, spots she earned by submitting her historical, fantasy drama script Kingdom and southern gothic drama pilot The Dirty Spoon. Lauren was a fellow in the 2020 Sundance Episodic Lab with the submission of her half hour dramedy pilot A Dignified Death, which is based on her experiences working with hospice patients and was previously a writer’s assistant on an adult animated Amazon series (FAIRFAX) and was a showrunner’s assistant on LA's Finest, starring Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba.

Lauren was a staff writer on HBO Max’s upcoming JJ Abrams produced series “Duster,” a story editor on the AMC series "DEMASCUS,” an executive story editor on an adult animated Netflix series, and a co-producer on the CW’s “Nancy Drew.” Lauren has several feature films and original pilots currently in development.