Raised in the suburbia of Pittsburgh, PA, Laura’s early life gave few indications of her eventual calling. She attended The College of William & Mary on a tennis scholarship and graduated with a degree in finance. While working at a Washington, D.C. law firm, Laura started her own record label, Overtime Records, and recorded her first album, Proof, in 2005.

Galvanized by the local, national and international reaction to her debut, Laura quit her job, packed her bags and toured the countr...