
FIRST NAME: ASSIA MIDDLE NAME: LAU'REN
1992
☉ ARIES ☽ SCROPIO ↑ LEO
BORN IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
1994
MOVED TO FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA
2010
GRADUATED FROM RIVERBEND HIGH SCHOOL
MOVED TO D.C. FOR COLLEGE
2014
GRADUATED FROM HOWARD UNIVERSITY
COMMISSIONED ACTIVE DUTY TO U.S. ARMY
2014 - 2020
ACTIVE DUTY ARMY FOR 6 YEARS
2014: GRADUATED FIELD ARTILLERY BASIC OFFICER LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA
GRADUATED AIRBORNE SCHOOL - FORT BENNING, GEORGIA
MOVED TO GERMANY - A/4-319 AFAR, 173RD IBCT(A)
2015: FIRST DEPLOYMENT & PROMOTED TO FIRST LIEUTENANT
2016: MOVED TO ITALY - A/1-503IN, 173RD IBCT(A)
2017: GRADUATED FROM JUMPMASTER SCHOOL
2018: BACK IN AMERICA
COMPLETED MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CAPTAINS CAREER COURSE - FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZONA
PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN
MOVED TO COLORADO - 10TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP - FORT CARSON, COLORADO
TRIED TO START NESTING: BOUGHT MY FIRST HOUSE + RESCUED MY FURBABY (NIKE)
2019: SECOND DEPLOYMENT - THOUGHT I'D BE STAYING STATESIDE LONGER BUT NOPE :(
2020: LEFT THE ARMY AS A CAPTAIN
2020
MOVED TO LOS ANGELES TO START ACTING IN FEBRUARY - A FEW WEEKS BEFORE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
BOOKED THREE ACTING JOBS - FILMED TWO OF THEM
(1) RELATIONSHIP KILLERS
(2) MILE 19
(3) HEAVEN & HELL
2021
FORMED MY LLC - OFFICIAL ARTIST BUSINESS SHIT
FILMED RELATIONSHIP KILLERS - AND CAME ON AS A FIRST-TIME PRODUCER
STARTED NESTING AGAIN: BOUGHT MY SECOND HOME
STARTED CURATING MY POEMS AND PROSE FROM OVER THE YEARS INTO A BOOK
BOOKED MY FOURTH ACTING JOB - TO FILM IN 2022
2022
I TURNED 30 THIS YEAR AND THAT FELT PRETTY EPIC
RELEASED MY FIRST POETRY BOOK I AM NOT A POET
FILMED MY FOURTH FILM MERIT X ZOE
FIRST FILM FESTIVAL CIRCUIT + PRESS TOUR FOR RELATIONSHIP KILLERS + MERIT X ZOE
FIRST FEATURE RELEASED ON STREAMER - MILE 19 ON AMAZON AND PEACOCK
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED MY FRIEND'S FILM WITH AN ALL-FEMALE CREW - BAD MOM
WROTE AND EDITED MY SECOND POETRY BOOK
CURATED AND EDITED MY FIRST PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK
FINISHED WRITING MY FIRST SCREENPLAY BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
2023
RELEASED EXCLUSIVITY AND DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 2020
30-DAY SABBATICAL IN PARIS, FRANCE
FILMED WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP
FILMED MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE
JOINED SAG
118-DAY SAG STRIKE
2024
MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE PREMIERED AT SXSW
RELEASED MY SECOND PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK - DESERT DREAMING
2025
THEY SAY 33 IS YOUR JESUS YEAR
MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE WAS RELEASED IN THEATERS ON FEB.28
RELEASED MY THIRD PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION SEPARATEBUTEQUAL ON MAR.1
LIFE-CHANGING BREAKUP THAT OPENED ME UP TO MYSELF
STARTED TRAUMA THERAPY - CPT & EMDR
I'M AN ARTIST BECAUSE I BREATHE - AND SO ARE YOU
THIS SITE EXISTS TO SHARE WITHOUT ANGST
BECAUSE SOCIAL MEDIA STRESSES ME OUT
SO THANKS FOR STOPPING BY
:)