Lauren is a Data Scientist with experience across multiple sectors and a background in social science and statistics. She is passionate about creative and clear data visualisation with the aim to make data accessible and understandable for all audiences. At Rural Senses, Lauren helps to make the voices of rural communities in developing countries heard so that project developers can better understand their values, thus leading to better outcomes for the projects and the communities they intend to serve. Her aim is to empower individuals and organisations to make confident, data-driven decisions and is an advocate for ethical and open data science.