After graduating from New York University with a degree in Middle Eastern Studies and Politics in 2007, Laura took off for Cairo to teach English though somehow found herself working as a journalist six months later. She relocated to the Yemeni capital Sanaa in Spring 2009, where she would live, write and study for the next eight months.
Laura’s articles have appeared in a number of American and international publications including The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Chronicle and GlobalPost. She has appeared on Al Jazeera International to discuss Al Qaeda in Yemen.
Laura would like to think she speaks Arabic.
She currently is based in Cairo.