Lauren Younge is an experienced program manager currently working at COCA - Center of Creative Arts in the COCAedu division since January 2022. Prior to this role, Lauren served as an administrative assistant at Fontbonne University from January 2021 to January 2022 and held multiple positions at COCA - Center of Creative Arts, including support services coordinator, assistant summer camp manager, and education fellow from January 2019 to October 2020. Lauren began a career in education as an art teacher at Art Unleashed from June 2016 to March 2020 and also taught visual art at North County Christian and Nahed Chapman New American Academy. Lauren holds a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Management and Leadership from Webster University and a Bachelor of Science in Art Education from Southeast Missouri State University.