About Lauren

MEET OUR FOUNDING DIRECTOR!

Lauren Schreiber is the co-founder and executive director of Center DC, a Muslim third-space that that helps people practicing and/or exploring Islam grow authentic relationships with other seekers and with God in the metro-accessible D.C. area.  Center DC serves over 600 individuals annually - primarily between the ages of 24-35 - and facilitates community through close to 300 events a year. In 2021, under her leadership, Center DC launched a community-based chaplaincy program to meet the spiritual needs of those in need of support and pastoral care. 

Lauren is currently pursuing her Masters of Arts in Chaplaincy with a focus on Islamic Chaplaincy from Hartford Seminary, and is completing her second unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at MedStar Washington Hospital Center under the mentorship of Ch. Tahara Akmal. Prior to that, she studied the personal obligations (Fard al Ayn) according to the Shafi'i school of thought under Shaykha Ieasha Prime and Usted Athman Jilo. She is also the Vice President of Community Chaplaincy and Ethics Committee Chair at the Association of Muslim Chaplains (AMC). She lives for strategic planning & culture creation in community spaces. Her most important (and favorite!) job is being a mom. You can often find her facilitating groups, talking about restorative justice and/or grief/death/dying, building systems, writing music and making pupusas. She is a convert to Islam and especially loves learning about the paths others take in their respective faith journeys. Lauren lives in P.G. County, Maryland with her spunky young daughter, Youth Director husband, and mom.