Laurel Luke is a recent graduate of Calvin College, where she studied Communication and Theology. At Calvin, she was the student assistant for the Calvin Prison Initiative, a five-year bachelor's degree program for inmates at a local prison. It is there that her interest and knowledge of criminal justice reform began. Currently, she is the Program Coordinator for a political non-profit called The Coalition of Justice Voters, which works to reform the criminal justice system in Michigan through legislative advocacy, public engagement, and candidate support.