Professional:
Karin graduated from Florida State University with a Major in Spanish and a Minor in Hotel and Restaurant Management. She has been in the Insurance business since 1986. She is a CLU (Chartered Life Underwriter) Emeritus and LUTCF (Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow). She was a member of the Society of Financial Services Professionals for many years in FL and is currently a member of the National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (aka Alaska Association of Health Underwriters). Karin has been writing and teaching state-approved 1-5 hour continuing education courses covering a variety of topics, including Law and Ethics, for life and health insurance agents since 1995.

Personal:
Before calling Anchorage her home, Karin lived in the Tampa Bay area. She spent 12 years as a Community Relations Manager and certified Credit Counselor for Consumer Credit Counseling Service, teaching budget, credit and home buyer workshops in both English and Spanish. She still is an instructor for The Florida Insurance School 28 years, writing and teaching state-certified insurance CE (Continuing Education) courses nationally via webinar for life and health agents. She currently has her own life and health insurance practice, has clients in Alaska, and in Florida, where she travels periodically each year to visit clients, friends, and family. Karin and her husband Bob, a 50-year Anchorage resident and local partner in a law firm, were married in Oct 2019, and blended a family of 5 sons, a daughter and 8 grandchildren. Her hobbies include painting, public speaking, and spending time with Bob camping, hiking, gardening, hot tubbing, reading and rifle range. She is fluent in Spanish and conversational in German.