After teaching for over a decade in Atlanta independent schools, Laura joins The Language Group as a Learning Specialist with a passion for building relationships and teaching literacy. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from College of Charleston with a B.S. in Elementary Education. Upon entering the classroom, Laura quickly became intrigued by the complexities of literacy instruction and wanted to learn more. In 2013 she graduated with her Masters in Education from Kennesaw State University with a K-12 Reading Endorsement.

While in the independent school settings, in addition to teaching students in the classroom, Laura used her many strengths to teach her colleagues. She was a K-12 Department Head and Team Leader at The Lovett School. While at Lovett, Laura held many faculty in-service sessions on a variety of topics such as phonics and growth mindset. She joined the Cliff Valley School community in 2019, also located in Atlanta, and taught third grade there for four years. At both schools, Laura was influential in designing and implementing curriculum created to reach all of her students.

Laura is a life-long learner with a wide variety of educational interests. She was chosen in 2017 to be a fellow in the Summer Institute at The Klingenstein Center through Columbia University. She also studied the intricacies of the brain through the Science of Teaching and Leadership, and received coursework credit through Johns Hopkins University. Laura became an Orton Gillingham Associate Level coursework tutor through The Schenck School. She is also certified in the LindaMood Bell Visualizing and Verbalizing Language Comprehension and Thinking program. She has been trained in, and has taught, both the Math in Focus and Everyday Mathematics curriculums. With a keen understanding of the importance of Executive Functioning both in and out of the classroom, Laura has taken several courses from Executive Functioning guru, Sara Ward.

In her freetime, Laura can be found cheering on her favorite soccer team, Atlanta United, or the Michigan Wolverines. She enjoys spending time with her two cats, reading, word puzzles, and live music. As a Decatur native she enjoys experiencing the culture and events that happen around town.