Karen completo una Licenciatura Superior en Educacion y paso seguidamente de ensenar a editar para American Greetings. Karen poseia tan variada experiencia laboral en esa compania que aprendio como crear la voz necesaria para cualquier cosa, desde una tarjeta de felicitacion hasta una taza para te, y tambien se aplico para elaborar las lineas de los personajes con Those Characters from Cleveland. Karen trabajo en la linea original de Care Bears con el fabuloso equipo de Tom Wilson. Sus logros la llevaron posteriormente a Gibson Greetings donde desarrollo accesorios autorizados de Disney y Children's Television Workshop y peliculas varias, como Batman y Parque Jurasico. Karen tambien desarrollo lineas inspiradoras completas, lineas humoristicas, y desempeno el puesto de Directora Creativa para todas las lineas estacionales en Gibson. Posteriormente, ella paso a dedicarse a la publicacion y ha trabajado como interna e independiente en calidad de editora y escritora habiendo publicado un total de dieciseis libros.
Karen completed a Master's in Education and went right from teaching to editing at American Greetings. Karen had such a varied work experience there that she learned how to create the voice needed for anything from a greeting card to a teacup and she learned to develop character lines as well with Those Characters from Cleveland. Karen worked on the original Care Bears line with Tom Wilson's fabulous team. Her work took her then to Gibson Greetings where she developed licensed properties, from Disney and Children's Television Workshop and varieties of movies, like Batman and Jurassic Park. Karen also developed full inspirational lines, humor lines, and served as the Creative Director for all the seasonal lines at Gibson. From there, she went to publishing and has worked in house and on her own as an editor and a writer and published sixteen books.