Lauren was exposed to bluegrass music at an early age. Her dad’s love of traditional bluegrass music took them to many festivals in the Ohio Valley and beyond, where she fell asleep in the campgrounds to the drones of the music. She started playing bass fiddle at the age of nine. Her mother took her and brother, Ken, to numerous contests and shows where they honed their bluegrass skills and developed their unique sound.

Lauren graduated from the Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville, Kentucky, singing in the choir and studying orchestral and jazz bass. Lauren has been a member of the Louisville Mandolin Orchestra, bluegrass band Next Exit, traveled with bluegrass and original music band – Redwing from West Virginia, and a later configuration of New Horizon. Lauren’s lead and harmony vocals compliment the smooth sounds and gritty rhythms of Storefront Congregation's solid and unique sound.