Lauren is a creative and dynamic storyteller with a passion for elevating the narratives, aesthetics, and experiences of people of color. As a product marketing manager at Microsoft, Lauren leads global go-to-market strategy for multiple products on the Office Consumer Apps team. Before that she led relationship marketing for mixed reality and interned as a brand manager for Azure.

Coming from a non-profit and research background, Lauren is passionate about sustainable, societal level impact and change. She graduated with her BA from Harvard University in Sociology and a secondary in Government, and hopes to continue to use the knowledge and skills gained from her studies to push her industry and the world within which it operates to surface and showcase the stories of people of color. And thus, hopefully push us towards a more just, equitable, and positive future for all.

Led by her deep commitment to creating space and understanding regarding various social justice matters, Lauren co-led Microsoft’s Cloud Marketing Diversity and Inclusion Committee, a group of over 65 members focused on championing a diverse and inclusive environment in an organization of 2000+ employees globally. She currently serves on the core planning team for BlackLight, a community of 1300+ Black marketers, sellers, and their allies at Microsoft that focuses on increasing the retention and advancement of Black professionals, mitigating loneliness, and increasing development opportunities.