Karen grew up in the small northeast Kansas farming community of Fairview. She attended Brown Mackie College in Salina, and then went on to work in the hi-tech industry in California and Colorado. Karen also worked as the administrative assistant for St. John’s Catholic School in Longmont Colorado and for the last twenty years served as a judicial assistant in the Colorado Judicial System. Karen is excited to be back with family in Salina and is a member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Salina.