Laura received her BFA in printmaking from the State University of New York- Purchase College in 2001. Upon graduating, she took a position teaching art at a public high school in New York City. In addition, Laura apprenticed with master printer Kathy Caraccio at K. Caraccio Printmaking Studio in New York, running artist editions, curating prints and maintaining the print studio. She relocated to Hawaii in 2003 where she took a position teaching at a local high school. Rather than continue Laura resigned and enrolled at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where she received an MFA degree.