Lauren (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker and young adult cancer survivor of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Before joining Cactus Cancer Society as Senior Program Coordinator, she spent more than a decade working across hospitals, military installations, primary care, and private practice, where she specialized in trauma and grief therapy for folx navigating oncology and chronic illness. She has a deep interest in meaning-making, identity, intersectionality, and community building within the psycho-oncology and AYA space. 

When she is not working, you can usually find Lauren curled up on the couch with her two dogs, testing out a new recipe or finding a new restaurant, or lost in a book. She is also an active duty military spouse, a passionate advocate for health care reform, a lover of spoken word poetry, and a proud Auntie.