Laureen Mgrdichian has been an associate professor at Biola since 2012, and teaches in the area of marketing, consumer behavior, leadership and entrepreneurship. Besides teaching at Biola, she owns her own baking business specializing in cookies and cakes. She graduated from Biola with a degree in communications, and completed her MBA with an emphasis in marketing and organizational development from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Mgrdichian has been married to her husband Tom for over 30 years and they are blessed to be the parents of triplets, who are soon to be Biola graduates.