Karen was born in Toronto. Karen began her singing career at the tender age of 8 when she started singing as the soloist for her school choir. Karen moved to Malta at 16, along with her family. First appeared on the Malteese Music Scene in 1998 when she participated in “Song for Europe”. She has played an assortment of leading and secondary roles in variety of plays and musicals including “Les Miserables”, “Anything goes”, “King and I, Diana”, “Queen of Hearts”, “Little shop of Horrors”, “Dracula”.