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Laraine Lasdon

Board Member

Laraine has volunteered with The Institute for Poetic Medicine since 2022 as a Fundraising and Grants Consultant after being introduced to IPM and Poetry as a Tool for Wellness through a poetry circle led by the late Martha Ward. Since then she has expanded her work with IPM by sharing her expertise in Resource and Relationship Development.


She is excited to further this work as a member of the Board of Directors beginning in 2025.


"It is the music of words that pull me toward poetry as well as its magnetic storytelling opportunities."

~Laraine Kentridge Lasdon

In South Africa, Ms. Kentridge attended the University of Witwatersrand. She also studied dance and taught little ones ballet in her aunt's studio. She studied drama, dance, and music in London and informally pursued writing poetry.


Her books of poetry are available for purchase online.

Laraine Lasdon
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