She is a frequent lecturer on tax, financial, budget, debt management and long-term planning, trusts and advanced directives to individuals, small businesses, the arts and entertainment industries as well as to the legal and accounting communities. Her firm focuses on self-employed individuals and those who work as freelancers in the arts. Ms. Karas has a BFA from Ithaca College, a MA from Schiller International University in Berlin, a MFA from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a JD from Syracuse University.