Meet Laureen!

 

Born in the small town of Santa Rosa, NM, and raised in Las Vegas, NM, she is an accomplished bi-lingual educator and survivor of childhood trauma. Her father and his sisters were important throughout her life, especially in their support of her career as she moved around the state teaching and later in school administration. 

 

Her strong and kind grandmother and aunts played a vital role in helping shape the caring mother and grandmother that she is today. One of her favorite quotes is, “The woman who doesn’t require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet.”

 

She knows that self care is very important to good mental health and she carves out personal time every morning to apply her flawless makeup. In her portrait I captured her fierce determination to stand up for herself and others along with her clear understanding of her life and the choices we each make in our own lives.