Laurie has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a concentration in Marine Biology from Florida Atlantic University which was her first love and passion in life. After years in the field working on various projects on and near the ocean, she decided to pursue her other passion and started training for professional beach volleyball. She played on one of the US national tours for a short time before being diagnosed with UC in early 2016. After trying natural healing on her own for a couple years with minimal success and several hospitalizations, she joined CCL where she was able to jumpstart her healing journey. The tools and resources available through CCL have allowed her to continue investigating her underlying root cause issues and connect with an amazing community of positive like minded individuals. She is currently continuing her studies in Holistic Nutrition with the hopes of being able to positively impact our IBD community as one of their coaches!”