Lauren joined the VCA family in June of 2020 and is a first year veterinary student at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. She graduated from Texas A&M in May of 2021 with her Bachelor of Science in Animal Science and was a member of the university's dance team for four years. Lauren hopes to specialize in exotic animal medicine and work for a wildlife sanctuary once out of vet school. Lauren has two tabby cats, Kona and Leota, a Boston Terrier named Zero, and an African Pigmy Hedgehog named Tobi.