Lauren Surface

My aim for this article is to explain the healing and therapeutic power of music to the general public. In this article I interview a researcher, a music therapist, and music organizations to prove to the reader the validity of music integration in day to day settings.

The main idea of this article is to demonstrate how nature connectedness and mental health are correlated using data from research studies and insights from the field of ecopsychology. Using the initial idea of how nature is connected to mental health, I dive into detail about how the environmental crisis is correlated with our current mental health decline in order to bridge the gap between the ecological and the psychological.

Informational article that illustrates my ability to research and write about complex topics in a comprehensive way.

This Q&A story focuses on sustainable tourism by interviewing Paula Vlamings. Paula Vlamings is the Chief Impact Officer for Tourism Cares. She has been working at the intersection of tourism, social enterprise, and sustainability for more than a decade now and through Tourism Cares is spreading the word on sustainable tourism.

This article focuses on Angela Demchuk, a Neuroscience major at the University of Cincinnati, who also has a certificate in Deaf studies. This article highlights Angela’s accomplishments at and outside of the University of Cincinnati.

One of my primary duties for my Internship with the CECH Marketing Department was to curate descriptions of the academic programs that were factual and intriguing to potential students.

Unpublished feature article written about a college student's experience with a chronic illness.