Karen Simons

Karen has spent the better part of the past 2+ decades raising three wonderful, fully launched children and actively supporting their academic institutions from Pre-K through College. She has also been a host mom to a remarkable young man from Ghana. She has witnessed firsthand how education can impact not only an individual, but an entire family and a community. Karen firmly believes that education and independent thinking are the engine behind everything and the best possible way to create social change. She is thrilled to be a part of the Daraja community so she can share its incredible story!

Karen grew up in Rochester, New York, attended St. Lawrence University, and now primarily lives in Greenwich, CT with her husband, dog and regularly boomeranging adult children.