She is also the Social Media Coordinator, Admissions at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY. A freelance journalist for 20 years, Lauren's writing on travel, food, Chinese culture, architecture, news, and more has appeared in dozens of online and print publications, including Time Out, Newsweek International, City Weekend, Taipei Times, About.com, and Sun-Sentinel. She has edited and written travel guidebooks on Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei, Miami, and New York for Zagat, Time Out, GuidePal, and Explorer Publishing. She has traveled to 45 countries and counts Beijing and Taipei, two cities where she lived for many years, as favorites. Lauren has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia Journalism School.