Lauren Marcinkowski is a PA, K-12 certified music teacher and board-certified music therapist residing in the greater Philadelphia area. She is currently a music teacher for an educational agency servicing students with special needs and students in alternative settings as the music teacher. She teaches students of all abilities and from grades K to 12 and older. Lauren also has Pennsylvania certifications in special education and elementary education. Lauren loves teaching and is passionate for advocating for all students, especially those most vulnerable and those who have the hardest time advocating for themselves. She is the proud daughter of two wonderful parents and proud sibling of 2 sisters and a brother. Lauren’s brother and uncle lived with her while she was growing up, and both have diagnoses of intellectual disabilities and autism. They are the most wonderful people in the world and she misses them dearly right now in this pandemic. Lauren also has an incredible husband who is a special education teacher himself. Lauren and her husband Dave celebrated the birth of their first child in May 2020.