Lauren Luna was born in Columbus, Ohio.  She graduated from Kent State University’s School of Fine Arts with a focus in painting.  She has a Masters of Fine Arts from the Academy of Art University and a Masters of Science from Manhattan College.

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She is a frequent participant to local art festivals, has a mural at the George R. Brown Convention Center, and was recently subject of a proclamation by the Mayor of the City of Houston, that July 11th, was Lauren Luna Day!

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Luna currently is an art professor at Lone Star and San Jacinto Colleges, and is Co-Founder of the D.R.E.A.M Affect Foundation, a non-profit organization that awards scholarships to minority art students pursuing Fine Arts, and grants for emerging artists to show their work.