Originally from Toronto, Karen began her formal training in the Claude Watson Arts Program. She moved to New York to study at The Ailey School where she fell in love with the Horton technique. Currently a faculty member at The Ailey School, The Joffrey Ballet School, Marymount Manhattan College, Montclair State University and Steps on Broadway and a returning guest artist for the Martha Graham School (NY), Fosse/Verdon Legacy Training Program (NY), Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, (PA), Academy for Performing Arts, (NJ) Techniche de Danza (Rome), OH Ballet Arts Academy (MD), and Earl Haig Performing Arts School (Toronto). Choreography commissions: The Ailey School (Junior Division), Steps Conservatory/Academy, General Mischief Dance Theatre, The Harvard Ballet Company, Steps Repertory Ensemble, The Boston Tea Party Opera, Steffi Nossen, Marymount Manhattan College, Montclair State University.