Lauren Chavez
Grants and Sponsorship Program Manager

Lauren is a writer hailing from the foothills of Denver, Colorado, where she had the privilege of both city life and mountain life. With easy access to libraries, museums, living history farms, campsites, hiking trails, and ski areas, she developed both a love for learning and a love for the landscapes that surrounded her.

As a grant writer, Lauren enjoys the challenge of finding the perfect balance of weaving narrative storytelling and data together to create grant proposals that garner support from funders for long-term investment. She is thrilled to be taking on this challenge at Museum of the Rockies as museums hold a special place in her heart.

Outside of writing, Lauren enjoys reading, listening to and making music, watercolor painting, partaking in Montana InSite Theatre productions, learning languages, backpacking, rock climbing, birding, horseback riding, gardening, and sipping on her ever-growing tea collection.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English-Writing from Montana State University and a Master of Arts in Literary and Cultural Studies with a focus in Ecopoetics from the University of Utah.

Please contact Lauren via email at 406.994.5278 or lauren.chavez@montana.edu.