Karen asalinsa ne daga Rapid City, South Dakota kuma ya kasance mazaunin Denver, yankin Colorado tun 1992. Ayyukanta a cikin albarkatun ɗan adam kuma a matsayin mataimakiyar zartarwa ta haɗa da yin aiki ga kamfanoni da kamfanoni masu sarrafa dukiya a yankin Denver. Takan ciyar da lokacinta tare da mijinta, 'ya'yanta mata biyu, da jikoki uku. Abubuwan da take so sun haɗa da yin zango, yawo, da jin daɗin waje.