Laura is an experienced qualitative researcher and evaluation consultant. She has a background of working in community research and community facilitation for more than seven years.

At Equal Measure, Laura supports several projects, including the Gates Foundation’s National Scale Enterprise portfolio; the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s MissDelta Initiative, in partnership with Mathematica; the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Supporting Policy Ecosystems to Make Children and Families a Priority (ECOSYS) initiative; and the Spartanburg Academic Movement.

Prior to joining Equal Measure, Laura was a research analyst at a consulting and evaluation firm focused on community research. In that role, she worked on K–12 education, early childhood, public health, environmental justice, and social services evaluation projects. She facilitated large-scale community meetings, designed and managed qualitative data collection and analysis, and provided clients with data-driven recommendations for implementation. Laura’s experiential knowledge and formal education drive her work in building equitable communities, where all people can thrive.

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