Join us for this monthly networking and learning event. Each month we will feature leaders from in and around Omaha who will tell their career story.

Lauren Micek Vargas is the CEO and co-founder of Education Rights Counsel, a Nebraska nonprofit, focused on removing legal barriers to educational equity. As a former special education teacher, a public defender, and a disability advocate, Lauren's experience in the education sector and juvenile courts has cultivated her passion for working to improve educational outcomes and legal access for ALL children. Under her leadership, ERC has earned the recognition of the Nebraska State Bar Association who awarded ERC with the Special Merit Award, which is presented to an organization that advances the legal profession, the administration of justice, and public interest.