Lauren Stevenson

Lauren Stevenson is a senior at the University of Arizona. She is majoring in Plant Sciences, with an emphasis in Plant Health. Her minor is in Sustainable Plant Systems, in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Growing up in Tucson, Lauren has developed a love for botany through the biodiversity of the Sonoran Desert and the vastness of plant species found on and around the Santa Catalina mountains in Tucson. Throughout her education and upbringing, she has developed a passion to learn more about natural medicine, and what the Earth can offer, alongside how to give back to the Earth. She aspires to continue to graduate school and study Plant Science and natural medicine, focusing on cannabis science. She aspires to educate the public on natural medicine, and break the stigma in the scientific community on cannabis science through meaningful research.