Angulo, Lauren Benton

Lauren Benton Angulo is a surfer, the wife of a surfer, the mother of a competitive surfer, and her family pet is a dog that surfs. Leaving her career as a Silicon Valley high tech executive, she moved to Hawaii with her husband and then-toddler son, attracted by the spectacular beauty and world-class waves on Kauai's north shore. Her teenage son has surfed competitively at the national level since the age of nine. Lauren holds an undergraduate in business and has completed years of graduate work in clinical psychology, in which her studies included research on the effect of surfing on mental