Lauren is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner with a master's degree in nursing. She has worked in many areas of outpatient mental health care, community outreach, and corrections. She became interested in becoming a nurse practitioner after being offered her first position as a psychiatric RN in 1997. She started practicing as a nurse practitioner in 2003. In her free time, you will find her training for half-marathons and triathlons, spending weekends at her beach place year round, and in the fall and winter, at Lincoln Financial Field watching Eagles games as she is a diehard Eagles fan and season ticket holder.