Karen Fowler is a multi-award winning Producer, Writer, Creator and Single Mother with decades of experience and an unending supply of passion. She started her career at Nickelodeon’s Creative Lab and Sesame Workshop where she came under the mentorship of Joan Cooney.  She was the creative leader and EP of The Electric Company, where she won 3 Emmys (10 for the series) for her vision and originality. For that project, Karen tapped new talent of the moment including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Reggie Watts, Carly-Rose Sonenclar and Will Harper.

Karen’s current projects include an animated series for Spin Master/Nickelodeon, DOT (the animated series based on Randi Zuckerberg’s book) and some awesome projects in development with a variety of collaborators including the producers of Inside Amy Schumer. Karen is receiving a master class on white privilege at the foot of her “young, gifted and black” 5-year old daughter.

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