A native Kansan, Lorraine returned to her home state to study sculpture at KU. After graduating with a BFA in 2002, Lorraine and her husband, Mathew Alber, set up housekeeping in Lawrence. Until the birth of their son in 2005, Lorraine worked in the arts, directing a prison arts program in Fort Leavenworth, and in a Lawrence commercial art foundry. Following a break from the working world to focus on her son,

Lorraine joined the Pachamama’s staff as a bartender, and was pleased to move into a management position in the fall of 2006. Lorraine enjoys her dual role as bartender and manager – mixing great drinks, cultivating an exciting, upscale environment at the Star Bar, and assisting in restaurant operations.