Biography
Lauren Stockmon Brown is a PhD Candidate and Provost’s Diversity Fellow at Columbia University in the Theatre and Performance English and Comparative Literature Department. Lauren received a BA from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She is a former scholarship recipient of The Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program, Senegal ‘20. Here, she taught English as a second language while continuing research on Pan-Africanism and cultural identity for her podcast, "My Colorful Nana.” She is also passionate about storytelling and movement building for youth writing and advocacy.