Laura was born in Ontario Canada and grew up there in the small town of Sharbot Lake untill moving to Illinois with her parents as a teenager. She lived there until moving to Arkansas in 2004. Laura has been part of the staff at First United Methodist Church since 2006. She began as the Director of the Christian Prescchool and moved into her current position in 2011. Although her educational background in is Early Childhood Education, Laura has a love of and a gift for Creative Design. She lives in Mountain Home with her daughter, Skyler & her son, Hunter.