Karen Warner Heidrick

Karen grew up in Western New York state with her three sisters and was never far from her mother and grandmother's watchful eye and love.

Sitting beside her mother at church, Karen learned many lessons from the bible verses her mother helped her memorize. One lesson that guides her life today is a lesson she learned watching her grandmother. It was in the way her grandmother worked hard each day to make the world a kinder and safer place for her and others, even if it is to give a simple smile to a stranger. This lesson led Karen to want to serve the youth. Karen Warner Heidrick has earned an advanced degree in special education and psychology and has a career in education and youth and family advocacy for the past twenty years.