Laura is an editor and regular contributor to Untapped Cities, a web magazine dedicated to helping people rediscover their city. She has lived in Paris and Rome, but is currently based in New York City, where she frequently writes about art and cultural events, and translates from French and Italian. Her writing has appeared on Vingt Paris, The Culture-ist, The Huffington Post, and others. She holds a BA in French from Smith and is working towards an MFA in nonfiction and literary translation at Columbia.