Lauren Cochran is an art educator with more than a decade of experience serving both kindergarten through twelfth grade public and non-profit arts organizations. Cochran studied printmaking at Auburn University, completed her master’s degree at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and then earned a doctorate from Carson-Newman University. Presently she is teaching visual arts in the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools as well as running her own side business, Crafternoon with Dr. Cochran, which offers art experiences for all ages.