Karen and her husband Gary have been married for 32 years and are parishioners of Blessed Sacrament. They have two sons. Andrew, who is in his third year of physical therapy school and plans to receive his DPT in May 2025, and Peter, who plans to graduate in December 2024 with a mechanical engineering degree. Karen is an ASHA certified Speech Language Pathologist. After tutoring reading students at the Legacy Center for many years, she decided to pursue additional education related to reading. Karen recently graduated from the University of Florida's graduate dyslexia certificate program and is in the process of receiving certification as a Structured Literacy Dyslexia Interventionist (SLDI).