Lauren Gallina holds a Masters of Library and Information Science from Rutgers University, in New Jersey, and a Bachelor of Arts in art history from New York University. Before joining Cumberland University, Lauren worked at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville digitizing the Hatch Show Print collection, at the Brookline Public Library, in Massachusetts, cataloging materials and performing reference services, and at the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), in Ohio, writing technical documentation.