{"id":5342,"date":"2020-11-18T18:42:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T18:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/?page_id=5342"},"modified":"2020-11-18T18:42:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T18:42:27","slug":"lauren-coaxum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/spotlights\/lauren-coaxum\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Coaxum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"title-content\">\n<h2 class=\"class-year\">Class of 2016<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MU Alumni Spotlight - Lauren Coaxum (&#039;16)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/atmzYPBI5aI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5343 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Lauren-Coaxum-headshot-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Lauren-Coaxum-headshot-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Lauren-Coaxum-headshot.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Major<\/h3>\n<p>Biology<\/p>\n<h3>Bio<\/h3>\n<p>Lauren Coaxum wants you to Think Before You Type. That\u2019s the name \u2014 and the message \u2014 of the anti-cyberbullying organization she cofounded that promotes positive self-esteem and using the Internet for good. Known as TBYT for short, the site features challenges that encourage others to do something to prevent online bullying. Coaxum also has spoken at schools, churches and special events.<\/p>\n<p>Her message has spread farther than she ever expected.<\/p>\n<p>TBYT has received significant media coverage since Coaxum and her younger sister started it in 2012 after their peers were bullied on Twitter. Lauren was a Marymount undergraduate while Victoria was in high school in their hometown of Douglassville, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>In the fall, they flew to Los Angeles to receive a \u201cGive a Little Award\u201d from TLC Network, in partnership with Redbook magazine, as one of three national contest winners honored for preventing bullying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m ecstatic about receiving the award!\u201d Lauren says. \u201cWe are in our fifth year of TBYT and it feels amazing to be able to open up our work to a wider audience.\u201d The award included a Redbook write-up.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren is now a student at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia; Victoria is an undergraduate at Duke University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, my motivation is to help people,\u201d Lauren says.<\/p>\n<p>She chose MU because it is a small college and she loved how close it is to Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am really happy I decided on Marymount,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>She says the leadership opportunities, her job on campus for four years, the opportunity to study in Belize and Rome, the friendships she made and her professors all helped her grow into the type of person who is succeeding both in medical school and outside of the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Her advice?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTake time for others because life is so much better when there\u2019s love in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out the TBYT website at (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkbeforeyoutypeinc.org\/\">www.thinkbeforeyoutypeinc.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Class of 2016 Major Biology Bio Lauren Coaxum wants you to Think Before You Type. 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