Ooltewah has been home Since Laura moved here with her husband Jonathan in 2006. She immediately began teaching in the Radiography Program at Chattanooga State and eventually developed an online MRI program with 22 clinical sites throughout the region. 
Her campaign said, “This love of teaching and learning inspired the completion of a Masters Degree in Education in 2018.

Though Laura has done PRN work in the MRI department for Chattanooga and Cleveland Imaging as well as Erlanger’s Chattanooga Bone and Joint clinic; working in the field of education was the best fit for her family. 

She spent the last 3 years working from home as an Online Learning Facilitator for the MBA program at Harvard Business School. “As President of the Stratford Place HOA, Laura has organized canned food drives for the Samaritan Center and the Apison Food Bank, as well as planned safe outdoor activities for neighborhood families. 

The Howse family is very active in their local church, and can often be seen preparing meals for others and hosting parties for the youth group.  They volunteer regularly, support their kids’ interests, and often participate in community events at The Commons.