Laura holds a BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design in both Interior Design and Historic Preservation with minors in Architectural History and Art History. In 2000, she completed her MLIS from University of South Carolina. While a graduate student, Laura worked as a graduate assistant in the USC Upstate Library and then joined the library faculty. Laura has is now a Senior Instructor in the library and currently oversees LibGuides, a CMS that houses online web based research tools, as well as reference and library instruction responsibilities.