Lauren is a Senior Design Principal at Kounkuey Design Initiative. Lauren is interested in how landscape architecture can be used as a tool for activism, rethinking the traditional methodologies of the practice to serve community. She manages multiple planning and design projects across a range of scales, primarily within the Eastern Coachella Valley. Prior to joining KDI, Lauren worked at SCAPE Landscape Architecture in New York City, where she was involved in projects at the intersection of infrastructure, ecology, and community resiliency. She has taught seminars and studios at the University of Southern California, the University of California Los Angeles, and the Rhode Island School of Design. Lauren holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a BA in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University.

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