Meet Lauren, a fellow friend from Sama Sama Cooperative and an early childhood arts educator by day and illustrator/mark-maker in life. Lauren, who has deep roots in the Bay Area (and a geographic affinity for San Pablo Ave in particular) shares her wisdom on how to nurture creativity in both little ones and the "little me's" inside of us grown ups. Along the way, she has made intentional time and space to reclaim her Filipino cultural heritage and continues to find delight in the everyday life of parenting her own child. We think you will get inspired to take your own child’s at all ages and stages) invitations to put down the screen and play more. And by the end of the episode, I bet you will feel very soothed by her stories and calming voice.