FREELANCE STORYTELLER, SCIENTIST, TINKERER, ILLUSTRATOR, AND MOM, LIVING AND WORKING IN DETROIT, DAYDREAMING THE WORLD OVER.

About

Lauren Tanabe is a freelance writer living and working in Detroit. She received her PhD in Pharmacology & Molecular Signaling from Columbia University and spent many years tinkering at the bench attempting to unravel the mysteries that lurk inside of cells. Although a scientist by training, Lauren is a storyteller by nature. She writes on a wide range of topics, including why she decided to leave academia for more fulfilling pursuits, motherhood, and her own struggles with identity and depression. She loves helping others to tell their own stories because every single person has a riveting tale to tell. When she is not being schooled by her two year old in lessons of gratitude and the wonder and awe of the universe, you can find her daydreaming and writing in various coffee shops around the city. Sometimes, she even doodles illustrations for a handful of children's books she's written, but has yet to publish.