Groundworks studio welcomes Lauren Doran. Ms. Doran received an undergraduate degree in anthropology at the University of Delaware before receiving a Master of Landscape Architecture at Virginia Tech. Her professional experience includes park master planning and design, streetscape improvement design, collaborative community design and landscape photography. In addition to her career as a landscape designer she practices fine art and portrait photography. She is a native of Delaware, but currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband and two children.