Karen is the Founder and President/Executive Director of Cook Ministries, where she serves as Ordained Chaplain and Project Leader.
She graduated cum laude B.A. in Ministry from Andersonville Theological Seminary; an Alabama Notary; is certified in Mental Health First Aid, certified QPR (Suicide Awareness) Instructor with Cook Ministries and ASPARC (Alabama Suicide Prevention and Resource Coalition), serves as a volunteer Chaplain with Billy Graham Rapid Response Team and anticipating graduation from Colorado Christian University summer of 2025 with Bachelor of Science in Applied Psychology with an emphasis in Clinical Counseling.
She is a piano player and singer who loves to share her testimony and sing for God.
Since 2010, she has served primarily in the Christian Street Ministry atmosphere, filling various leadership roles.
She has spent time serving the homeless, the trafficked, and addicts, from being inside recovery centers to being on the streets.
She has taught Recovery inside the jail system, as well as in public settings, and even served as Chaplain at the local police department alongside one of her mentors, who helped guide her into finding the path she's on today with suicide prevention.
After her brother died by suicide it was then, that she found herself struggling with the path she was to be on, and it was through that grief and pain the vision for this ministry began and is named for her brother, Johnny
