- Education: St. Lawrence University, B.A., French.
Karen caught the travel bug between high school and college while spending a year as an AFS exchange student, living with a host family in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. At St. Lawrence, she studied abroad in France and Senegal, focusing her studies on francophone literature and culture. She worked as a writing mentor, teaching assistant, and French tutor, ran track, and was an active member of the Laurentian Singers and the Swinging Saints — a student run swing dancing club. Karen has traveled throughout Europe, the United States, West Africa, the South Pacific, and Australia. She currently works full time at Putney Student Travel as an Associate Director coordinating programs in France, Switzerland, Italy, England, Senegal, Nusa Penida, and Dominica. In her free time, she enjoys running, making pottery, rock climbing, and playing yogaball soccer. Karen has led five Putney trips. She has led multiple Language Learning France programs and our Community Service program in Senegal. Karen is fluent in French.
