Laurie, a full time English teacher at Westwood High School, began writing film reviews for the Williamson County Sun in Georgetown, Texas in 1999 and moved to the Hill Country News in Cedar Park, Texas two years later. In 2008, she started a website, trueviewreviews.net, offering all of her reviews archived on-line while she continues to publish film and community theatre reviews and travel articles for the Hill Country News. Laurie, an Austin resident for 24 years, holds two bachelors and one master degree from The University of Texas at Austin.