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If you know Lauren through HR, you might be surprised by the adventures she pursues beyond the office.
Outside of Biocytogen, she’s a regional table soccer champion, a certified rock climbing instructor, and someone who is always curious about what she can learn next.
That curiosity has taken her in many directions, across different interests, careers, and chapters of life. But over time, Lauren has realized that what keeps something interesting isn’t always its novelty.
“I’m naturally curious about new things, but I’ve also learned that almost anything becomes interesting once you understand it deeply enough.”
For Lauren, whether something is completely new or comfortably familiar, there is usually another layer to understand and another way to improve.
For Lauren, the achievement isn’t the point. What keeps her coming back is the puzzle.
When she first started climbing, she loved trying new routes. Over time, however, she discovered that the real challenge wasn’t finding something new. It was improving something familiar.
She would climb the same route repeatedly, experimenting with tiny adjustments until every movement became more efficient.
The process taught her something unexpected: Optimization can make repetition exciting.
“There is always another way to solve the same problem.”
That mindset has stayed with Lauren far beyond the climbing wall. Repetition doesn’t have to mean standing still. When you pay close enough attention, even something familiar can reveal another opportunity to learn, adjust, and get better.
Competitive table soccer taught Lauren a similar lesson: look beyond what appears to be happening on the surface.
To an outsider, the game can look fast and chaotic. But small movements reveal patterns, and understanding those patterns changes how you respond.
Lauren brings the same curiosity to HR. Rather than jumping immediately to a solution, she takes time to understand the “why” behind a situation, what is really happening, what people need, and what could work better.
At Biocytogen, that approach helps her improve processes, build stronger employee relationships, and find practical ways to support both people and the organization.
Joining Biocytogen marked several firsts for Lauren: her first role in HR, her first job in the United States, and her first job after becoming a mother.
HR wasn’t a career she had mapped out from the beginning.
Lauren had enjoyed her previous work, including contributing to major IPO projects. But she had also remained curious about what else she might be good at. Moving into HR started with a simple question: What if I tried something different?
What she discovered was not that one career was more exciting than another, but that fulfillment didn’t depend on the size, title, or visibility of a project.
It came from understanding something deeply, getting better at it, and finding ways to contribute.
That realization connected her new career to something she had already learned elsewhere. Whether you’re refining a movement on a climbing wall, reading the strategy of a table soccer match, working on a major corporate project, or improving an everyday HR process, there is satisfaction in understanding how something works and then making it better.
At the same time Lauren was beginning a new career in a new country, she was also navigating another first: motherhood.
Becoming a mother brought a different kind of learning, one filled with constant change, unexpected moments, and new perspectives.
Like the other chapters of her journey, it has reminded her that you don’t need to have everything figured out from the beginning. Sometimes you learn simply by paying attention, adapting, and discovering what works along the way.
“I think almost anything becomes interesting once you take the time to truly understand it.”
That belief has followed Lauren from climbing walls and table soccer competitions to IPO projects, HR, and motherhood.
Her journey isn’t really about constantly searching for the next challenge. It’s about staying curious enough to explore something new and curious enough to keep looking when something is no longer new.
Because progress doesn’t always come from making a dramatic leap. Sometimes it’s a tiny adjustment. A better question. A deeper understanding. A process that works a little more smoothly than it did yesterday.
Big milestone or small improvement, Lauren takes pride in that progress and stays curious about what there is to learn next.
