Following the Peace Corps, she attended Teachers College at Columbia University in New York City, graduating with a master's degree in secondary science education.

[4] In 2014, she founded Virginia's List, a political group supporting Democratic women running for office.

[13] Laufer's primary opponent was Ben Hixon, former chairman of the Democratic Party of Culpeper, whom she defeated handily.

[14]In July 2022, Laufer announced her candidacy for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in the newly formed 55th District.

[17] Her opponent in the Democratic race is Kellen Squire, an ER nurse at the University of Virginia Hospital.

[19] Laufer criticized her opponent in the Democratic primary, Kellen Squire, for his past statements on abortion when he ran against Rob Bell in 2017.