Laura Carpenter has been the youth director for the 4^th-8^th grades since 2003, and has been a member of MPLC since 2001.  Her favorite part of being a youth director is the one on one and small group interaction she has with the youth, as well as wearing watermelon helmets and diving for grapes through jello. Laura lives in Racine with her husband Scott, daughter Keslyn, and puppy dog Courtney.