Karen is currently a Senior Lecturer at Colorado State University- Pueblo, where she has spent the last 14 of her 48 year career. Her passion has always been in the sports, physical education and coaching world. Karen wanted to teach and coach from the time she was in third grade when a teacher inspired her to work with others. Mr. Johnson is long gone but his inspiration and guidance contributed to her passion of wanting to be in the sports world. Karen has been involved in teaching Health and Physical education at all levels, working as a graduate student at UMass, Amherst, working as an athletic director for 13 years, coaching many sports, working in event management with USA Field Hockey and finally as a college lecturer. She started a homeschool program at CSU-Pueblo to bring home schoolers to campus to be instructed by her elementary and secondary methods students. Karen also started a Let’s Move annual program where all students in Pueblo County can come to participate in various activities and visit 20-30 vendors promoting healthy, active lifestyles. Karen is passionate in everything she is involved in. She has developed health and physical education curriculums, taught athletic director leadership training, worked with the National Council for the Accreditation of Coaching Education and has worked with USA Field Hockey to develop coaching education and fundamental field hockey curriculums. Karen believes that sharing her knowledge and experiences with others is to provide valuable lessons for future professionals. Her motto, Modify, Adapt, and Be Flexible is what her students hear constantly about education. Be willing to change is necessary in today’s world. Karen has taken students to state and national conferences for the last eleven years, in addition to providing field trips to schools and community activities. The students do all of the fund raising. This provides them with valuable experiences that can’t be experienced in the classroom. Karen loves what she does and as long as she is still having fun, retirement will have to wait.
