Lauren teaches visual art to seafarers at the California Polytechnical Institute Maritime Academy. Her art practice combines visual art and archival research to document the intersection of nature and human activity. Her projects have led her to abandoned hotels in the Tahitian jungle, Gold Rush ghost towns in California, through underground lava tunnels, ice caves, and across glaciers and multiple oceans. Oceans are a platform to discuss global issues, physically linking us all through international waters. She has taught art to ages 3-87 and loves working in all mediums.