Laura Hutchinson (Pronouns: She/They) has rarely followed the path well-trod. Some would say she has taken lots of detours, but each path she has taken has led her to new experiences and new perspectives that she is able to bring along her journey. Laura has a Master of Science in Education, focused on college student personnel and has worked closely with college students for more than a decade. She has worked in corporate finance, hospitality, retail, faith-based non-profit, and higher education. These diverse experiences have led Laura to build relationships with many types of people. The thing she has found to be common among all people, especially those who experience marginalization, is a desire to simultaneously be authentically themselves and be respected and valued.

Through her focus on intersectional LGBTQ+ support, she has learned many strategies for seeing, understanding, empowering people on the margins, and collaborating with them and those in power to affect organizational change. Laura helps communities practice proactive and authentic inclusion.

Her award-winning research on what LGBTQ+ folks actually want and expect in allies led Laura to a paradigm shift in the way we think about allyship.