Karen Samuelson is a career/life coach and writer. She has written three screenplays, a play, several dramatic scripts for Sunburst Productions in NY, and the Teacher’s Guide for episodes of Degrassi Jr. High. She was a quarter-finalist in the Cynosure Screenwriting competition in 2015 and 2016 for her screenplay, Sanctuary. In 1987, she received a Certificate of Recognition from the City of Boston for producing City Roots, a documentary about high school dropouts. In 2018, Arlington Friends of the Drama stage-produced her play, Circling Back. She lives with her husband, son, and dog outside of Boston and spends quiet time in Vermont.