No nā makahiki he 12 i hala iho nei, ua loaʻa iā Lauren ka hanohano nui o ka hana ʻana ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻōlelo Pelekane ma kahi kula ʻokoʻa ma Long Island. Ma hope naʻe, ua kākau mau ʻo ia a ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka manuahi no nā pūnaewele e kālele ana i ka pono pilikino a me ke kaiāulu, ka hoʻoikaika kino, ka makua, a me ka makuahine.

He kukini ʻo ia, he kanaka hele kahakai, a he makuahine ʻelua i nā keiki ʻāhiu a kupaianaha, ʻo Leila (5) a me Will (4). Makemake nui ʻo ia i ka hoʻopono lāhui, ka mālama maikaʻi ʻana i nā makuahine a me nā pēpē, nā ʻoihana i alakaʻi ʻia e nā wahine, nā kuleana LGBTQ+, a me ka hānai ʻana i kahi honua ʻoi aku ka pololei, aloha a hoʻomau.