Laurin holds a BA (Hons) in Drama from the University of East Anglia in England. As a professional actor she has been on both stage and screen here in Vancouver. She is also an alumni of both Arts Umbrella’s Pre-Professional Musical Theatre troupe, where she was in Little Women, and Bring it On, as well as Carousel’s Teen Shakespeare program, where she was in Love’s Labour’s Lost. She has been teaching children of all ages for over 8 years and has been a part of Arts Umbrella’s team since 2018; she is thrilled to be a part of the theatre and music faculty and loves working with people of all ages, teaching them about the things she loves most. You can find her in both theatre and music and some early learning dance programs. She also teaches private voice lessons and other musical theatre and drama classes in Delta. And she continues to further her own training and knowledge by attending local workshops and classes and looks forward to sharing that knowledge with her students.