AS SEEN IN: VoyageAustin - An Interview with Dr. Lauren Williams
This article was originally published under the title “Exploring Life & Business with Dr. Lauren Williams of Anima Psychiatry.”
Today we’d like to introduce you to Dr. Lauren Williams.
Hi Dr. Lauren, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I was born and raised in Texas in the suburbs of Houston. My parents immigrated from Jamaica, and their courage and work ethic shaped so much of who I am. They taught me to build things that matter, stay curious, and lead with integrity.
I attended the University of Texas at Austin as a Plan II and Dean’s Scholar Honor student. After graduation, I joined Teach for America and taught calculus to underserved students. That experience changed the way I saw mental health and human potential, showing me how powerfully environment and systems can shape a person’s life.
Later, I taught myself to code and worked as an analyst at a healthcare think tank. It gave me a strong grounding in data and structure, but it also made something clear: medicine often left out the human story. That realization pulled me toward psychiatry. I went to medical school at UTMB, then completed my residency and fellowship at Case Western, with additional training through Yale.
