Laura is a community artist and educator who believes in the transformative power of creative expression and storytelling in the lives of young people. She has worked with teenagers from underserved communities in DC, NYC, and the mountains of WV and KY to tell their stories through video, audio, creative writing and visual arts. She is working on a series of regional, collaborative portraits of young women documenting transitional moments in their lives through various artistic approaches to storytelling. She holds an MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts from Duke University.