If Lauren could be writing this bio in the depths of the darkest shadows of her room, all alone, with tears of angst and remorse streaming down her face, while the mournful songs of My Chemical Romance echo through her earbuds, she would. However, iStrategyLabs fell in love with her and her emo tendencies (and mad design skills), and decided to give her a job.

Those tears of angst and remorse would probably come from shelling out 40 grand a year to attend Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, with only a piece of paper called a diploma to show for it. When she’s not writing the soul-wrenching lyrics or dark and disturbing poetry that come from her black, broken heart, Lauren enjoys True Blood, video games, and harassing her creative director about his scarves and skinny jeans.