Laura is widely recognized as one of the world’s experts in ebook accessibility and has created accessible poetry, first languages, math, children’s books and more. She has more than 25 years of trade publishing experience, working in digital publishing for the past fifteen years, creating and converting ebooks, training publishers on accessible workflows, writing a blog helping developers work more accessibly, and consulting for services organizations about how to publish inclusively. 

A sought-after consultant, trainer, and public speaker, Laura advocates with government funders, accessible library organizations, and publisher associations for inclusive publishing issues. Laura is also active at sharing knowledge, building communities, and calling stakeholders in through community groups like #eprdctn, the Accessible Publishing Summit, and ebookcraft, in addition to serving on the eBound and Accessible Books Consortium’s board of directors.