Karen M. Curry is an author, mother and self-professed lexophile. Her two self-published works include Dancing in the Spirit and PK. Karen has the privilege of keeping her head in the stars currently working as a Communications Analyst in the aerospace industry. In previous years, with feet rooted firmly on the ground, Karen graduated from Florida A&M University with a B.S. in Economics and a minor in Theatre. She moved to Orlando where, as a Director of Dance and Theatre for a local ministry, she planted several church dance ministries and produced two plays The Perfect Present (1995) and A Bride’s Ransom (1996).
After relocating to Sarasota in 2001, Karen’s career spanned diverse industries. She served as a director and later a vice president for career colleges; wrote and managed grants for local government agencies; and worked to help small non-profits grow and procure grant funding. In an intentional pivot to more community-centered work, in 2003 Karen established The 911 Project, a nonprofit that mentored at-risk youth using dance, theatre, and music. The project culminated in a 30-minute television show called Get Real which featured community teens and uplifting topics.
Returning to her hometown of Mims, Florida in 2011, Karen started a Communications career at Kennedy Space Center, graduated from Webster University with an M.A. in Communications and was ordained as an elder for Fire & Hammer International Training Center in Tallahassee. Having raised two beautiful children, Karen currently resides in Titusville, Florida and spends her personal time studying, meditating, and transforming random thoughts into music.