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"I love people.  With my art and in life I hope to journey deep into the conquering of fears in order to emerge as light.  Most importantly, I wish to be of service to the African-American community and to the African Diaspora as a whole.”Lauren is a storyteller, teacher and traveler who is the newly appointed Lecturer in Jazz Dance at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  Her personal research and application of the lineage of Black Dance in America has brought about this new beginning.  With a background in Poetry, a degree in Sociology and the accumulative study of Jazz, Hip Hop, Afro-Latinx styles, Commercial Dance and more she has become an influential voice in the New York dance community for the past ten years amongst diverse circles.  She is looking forward to continuing her lifelong study and love of dance in academia as we experience and understand it's transmutation in this new era.