Laura is a shock responsive social protection specialist with over 22 years-experience, working across the nexus from complex protracted crisis and into development. Her programme and policy experience in LMIC across Africa, SE Asia and Central Asia has focused on socio economic vulnerability to shocks and included refugees, IDP’s and informal workers in urban and rural areas. Laura is at the forefront of global initiatives exploring the potential for leveraging and strengthening national social protection systems for shock response (also known as adaptive social protection).