Karin graduated from Macalester College, summa cum laude, and received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was Supreme Court Editor on The Harvard Law Review. For over a dozen years, Karin has edited and contributed to Gilson on Trademarks, a leading treatise in the field. She has been involved in PTAs and neighborhood organizations, and was president of the board of Big Learning, Inc., which was acquired by EPI. Karin strongly believes that creative, after-school science and language education can help shrink the achievement gap.