Karen is originally from east Tennessee. She graduated from Boston University with a master's degree in occupational therapy in 1996 and became a certified hand therapist in 2001.
Karen has over 20 years of experience working in a variety of hand therapy settings in Florida, California and Texas. Karen transitioned to the specialty of pediatric hand therapy in 2013 as an OT/ CHT at Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas. In 2015, she joined the team at Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics where she works with a highly specialized group of pediatric orthopedic surgeons and physical therapists.
Karen is a member of the Texas Society for Hand Therapy, the American Society of Hand Therapists, The Central Texas Hand Society, and the Pediatric Hand Study Group.