Hogg was born on June 10, 2003,
[1] and is the daughter of Kevin Hogg, a former agent of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
[2] and Rebecca Boldrick, born in
San Diego County, California[3] and a teacher for
Broward County Public Schools in
Broward County, Florida.
[4] Hogg and her family moved to
Washington, D.C. after her graduation in 2021, with Lauren stating that D.C. is her refuge.
[5]
On February 14, 2018, Hogg was a freshman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a
19-year-old former student of the school entered the campus and started shooting with a
semi-automatic rifle. Hogg was in a
television production class when the shooting started; the
fire alarm was activated and she believed it was possibly a prank because they had had a fire alarm drill earlier in the day.
[6] When Hogg and other students were in the stairwell after
evacuating due to the alarm, she realized that it was not a prank after she saw students running out of the building.
[6] She went back to her classroom and unlocked a closet in the room and hid with other students.
[7] Hogg reunited with her brother and father later that day.
[8] Her friends Jaime Guttenberg, Alaina Petty, Alyssa Alhadeff, and Gina Montalto were killed in the shooting.
[4]