Karen holds a B.S in Chemical Engineering from UC San Diego and an MBA from the University of San Diego. She worked for over 20 years for Hewlett-Packard Company as a research and development engineer and later product development manager. She holds 4 patents for her work related to inkjet printing. Karen worked abroad in Singapore as a Field Service Employee for HP for three years. She left HP in 2016 to teach high school engineering, she is currently developing the Engineering Pathway at Mt. Carmel High School in the Poway Unified School District and is a Project Lead the Way certified teacher and Lead Teacher with Strategic Energy Innovations. Karen is passionate about the environment and volunteered with San Diego Coastkeeper, she is a co-founder and Data Management Coordinator with the North San Diego County Watershed Monitoring Program and a member of the San Diego County Citizens Water Academy.
