Meet Karen Spears:

Karen Spears is the founder of Kareracter. Her life’s work is centered around creating a world of possibility for women in design and entrepreneurship. Growing up on the Southside of Chicago, I was known as the girl with neat hand-writing. It wasn’t until high school that she learned that writing inspirational quotes to my friends would lead her down a path of creative entrepreneurship. During her sophomore year in college, she taught herself how to digitize her handwriting and developed Kareracter, a graphic design studio where we helped budding business owners build their brands with personality. They take a human-centric approach when working with our clients and leverage mind-mapping to help clients develop a beautiful, yet functional visual identity. They also teach the everyday dreamer to organize their ideas, build a signature brand, and develop their business through mind-mapping.

Karen is an alumna of the University of Missouri with a Bachelor's Degree in Communications and a minor in Business. She’s had the privilege of working for Google & Leo Burnett and served as a programming advisor for the Obama Foundation. In 2018, she was named Emerging Designer by the Professional Association of Design in Chicago, IL.