Lauren began her dog training journey at just eight years old when she and her family brought their Boston Terrier, Dora, to classes at Dogtrain. These nights quickly became her favorite night of the week.

Through school, Lauren played the French Horn, majoring in Music Performance at UNCW. Unfortunately, in her Junior year of college, she was diagnosed with TMJ, which ended her musical career. At the same time, her family acquired their next dog, another Boston named Gus, and Lauren was reacquainted with her interest in dog training class. In late 2015, Diane offered Lauren the opportunity to intern at Dogtrain to advance her skills in dog handling and behavior. Lauren quickly fell in love with training dogs, and hasn't looked back since.

In 2016, Lauren began working with Diane both in the field and in classes and play times at Dogtrain on a regular basis. Three months after beginning to assist in field training, Lauren was on the waiting list for her first hunting Labrador puppy, Lola. Lola was born in 2017 and was owner trained and handled by Lauren earning her Junior Hunter title at six months of age; the youngest in the country that week. Lauren and Lola went on to earn a Senior Hunter title as well, and were working on Lola's Master Hunter title at the time of Lola's untimely passage.