Laura (she/her) is an author/educator from Oxford, Ohio. Her memoir “Mosaic” (Unsolicited Press) delves into loss, motherhood, and parenting a child with disabilities. She has been published in Thin Air Magazine, 805 Lit + Art, Stonecoast Review, Brevity Blog, and elsewhere. Laura's essay "Well Meaning People" was Pushcart Nominated. She has been awarded a teaching fellowship for the Desert Nights Rising Stars Writers’ Conference with the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University.