Lauren Winston

Reporter, NPR Next Generation Radio

Lauren Winston is a participant in the 2024 Next Gen Radio program at KCUR.

Winston is a freelance reporter for the Kansas City Defender who graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2023. She is exploring the art of storytelling as a way to connect with community and rediscover her hometown of Kansas City. Next year, she plans to attend law school. Lauren also loves learning how to DJ, deepening her yoga practice and spending time with her family.

Health

Meet the Kansas City midwife who aims to make birth 'empowering for the whole family'

Lauren Winston

Midwife Clarisa Evans started her practice to empower all members of an expecting family from pregnancy through postpartum. While carrying on the legacy of her great grandmother, Evans has become part of a community that reimagines pregnancy and birth outside of hospitals and inside homes.