Lauren Linder is a dancer and teaching artist from Muncie, Indiana. After graduating from the University of Iowa with a BFA in Dance and a BA in Spanish, Lauren performed professionally in Seattle, Washington for seven years. In Seattle, she also worked as a theater and dance teacher at Ballard Academy of Music and Dance, Mode Music and Dance, and Ease Drama in Beijing teaching theater to students in China. Currently, Lauren is pursuing an MA in Multilingual Education at the University of Iowa with a focus on integrating performing arts into second language teaching and learning.