From the time she was a teenager, she knew she wanted to help bring babies into the world. Her journey to becoming a midwife started with a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Samuel Merritt College and St. Mary’s College of California. After graduating from nursing school, Lauren spent seven years as a labor and delivery nurse at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley. Wanting to spend more time with her patients than just the few hours she spent in the hospital with them, Lauren decided to return to school to become a Certified Nurse-Midwife. She graduated from University of California, San Francisco with a Master’s Degree in Science. She has been caring for women in the Contra Costa area and catching babies at John Muir since 2013.