Since 2009, Laura’s films have been screened at the U.S. Congress, the United Nations, the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art and at dozens of international film festivals such as the Big Sky Documentary Film Fest, Santa Barbara International Film Fest, Palm Springs ShortFest, Austin Film Fest, Seattle Human Rights Film Fest, Pan African Film Fest, Heartland Film Fest, Manchester Film Fest, among many others. Her upcoming feature documentary about the 3D printed housing revolution, Project Home, will be released Summer 2023. 

Laura’s current film on the festival circuit is Street Reporter, which won the Jury Award for Best Short Documentary at the Annapolis Film Festival 2022, the Social Impact Media Award for Creative Activism and the Audience Choice Award at the 2021 Austin Film Festival. Prior to this, she directed Mama Rwanda, a documentary about the new generation of women entrepreneurs in Rwanda transforming their nation after genocide, supported by the National Geographic All Roads Film Project.  

During the Spring of 2019, Laura served as the director's shadow on the set of Showtime's Homeland. In 2018, she directed her first narrative short, a dark romantic comedy called Moving Violation, which starred Milana Vayntrub and won Best Narrative Short at the DC Independent Film Festival. 

At American University, Laura serves as director of the Community Voice Lab (CVL), which produces an annual film series capturing the voices of marginalized DC community residents. Laura received her MFA in Film and Electronic Media from American University and a BA in Political Science and Communication from Furman University. She lives with her husband and three children in Washington, DC. 

Laura takes on a limited number of speaking and consulting opportunities each year. If you are interested in Laura consulting on your project or speaking at your screening, please reach out through the contact page here.