Welcome to my website. As you've no doubt guessed, my name is Laurie, and I live in the Washington, D.C. area with my four rather rambunctious though fiercely loyal pooches. Despite a B.A. in studio art and psychology, I've made my living in IT ever since I can remember. Currently I develop web applications for a non-profit located on the edge of Georgetown, and one of my favorite things to do is take lunchtime walks through nearby Rose Park. Rose Park at midday usually brims with frolicking dogs and their owners, and it's quite the place to be.

I hail from New York state where my father was an engineer for IBM in Owego. My family moved to the D.C. area when he was transferred here in the late 60s while working on the Apollo moon missions. My younger brother and only sibling carries on the engineering tradition as head of the thermal vac testing unit at NASA Goddard. He appeared briefly in the last episode of PBS's series Origins, which featured the WMAP program. More recently he was interviewed for the Irish TV program Scope. Click here for the video. As you can tell, I'm pretty proud of him. :)

August 2006