Laura Oakes Cannon enjoys dabbling in many art forms, but values above all the art of being a person. She spends a lot of time playing music, specifically playing the trumpet and singing. Laura spent much of her childhood wandering along leylines in Woodbury VT and singing in the bathtub before attending the University of Vermont where she played a lot of music and learned about religion, sociology, French language, and women’s and gender studies. More recently she started trumpeting with a Salsa Dura group in Burlington, VT. Laura is very excited to spend her 5th summer working with the amazing students, faculty, and staff of GIA before stripping her life of complication and heading to China, Taiwan, and Laos for 3 months to travel, visit family, and think about life.