Lauren is a second year Master's student in the department of Viticulture and Enology. After growing up in Southern California, she graduated from UC Davis in 2009 with a BS in Microbiology and proceeded to spend the next year and a half working as a lab technician in the wine industry, with harvests at Franciscan Estates and Crew Wine Company. She is an avid horse polo player, enjoys playing sports, being outside, and cheering for the San Francisco Giants. Diving headfirst into her studies and research with the Marco Lab, Lauren hopes to work abroad upon her completion of the Master's program.