Laurie was born and raised in Georgia, and has lived in the Atlanta area since 2001. She is a lifelong learner, earning degrees in foreign language and business administration prior to pursuing her nursing career. She has been a Family Nurse Practitioner since 2018, with twelve years of nursing experience prior to becoming a nurse practitioner.
Her professional background in medicine includes women’s health, fertility support, integrative family medicine, and functional medicine. The youngest daughter of a nurse and an agricultural researcher, Laurie has developed passion for medicinal gardening and the healing power of plants.
She is a wife, a mother to two teens, a gardener, an avid hiker, a reader, and loves being outdoors.