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Karen Allen has been an educator for over 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. She began her career as a high school French and English teacher. After over 10 years in the classroom, Karen shifted her focus to supporting teachers as a curriculum specialist working with English Language Arts teachers, and then later as School Principal in Alternative Education programs. For the past several years Karen served as the Coordinator for the Marin County Office of Education’s Foster and Homeless Youth Education programs.