Lauren Grenda is Centre Director and Educational Leader of Skye Children’s Cooperative. Her career has surpassed 20 years in a range of organisations, including working as a kindergarten teacher, centre manager, field worker and delivering training to TAFE students. Lauren holds a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education, a Cert IV in Training and Assessment and a Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management. Lauren has presented on the topic of bush kindergarten at a sector conference, facilitated parent workshops on topics such as School Readiness and conducted research in Attachment Theory. Lauren has volunteered in an orphanage in the Philippines and often devotes her weekends to the local junior football league. Lauren is a member of Early Childhood Australia and Reggio Emilia Information Exchange.