Kari has been attending Atascadero United Methodist since 2009. She has been actively involved in children’s Christian education since her children were little. She has a master’s degree in psychology and works as a school psychologist in the Lucia Mar school district. She coordinates volunteers and teaches the Sunday lesson to children in the fifth grade and below during the message on Sunday mornings. She also coordinates the nursery workers.
She lives in Atascadero with her husband and four dogs; they also have four adult children.