A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Laura graduated from Moody Bible Institute with a Bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies and Family Ministry. After years invested in ministry to college students in Chicago, St. Louis, and Tyler, Laura and her husband Travis worked as Boarding Parents at the Brook Hill School, fostering Christ-centered relationships and walking with eighty teenage boarding students through the challenges of life. A devoted mom, Laura is a deeply gifted, experienced, warm-hearted and spiritually-mature Christian leader.