Episode 39: Karen Chaplin, Educator and Advocate of Young People Teaches us a Mantra to Achieve Our Dreams

She’s Got Drive: Black Women talk about Success and how they achieved it.

English - May 25, 2018 10:55 - 55 minutes - 51.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 136 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 38 Celebrating 1 Year of She's Got Drive Podcast - Listen to the very first Episode

Next Episode: Episode 40: ‘Trust and Know that its Going to be OK’ - How Dawanna Williams became one of a handful of Black Women building Condos in NYC worth millions?

This weeks episode my guest is Karen Chaplin. Karen is an independent Education Management Professional. She was the former County Supervisor of Education for Essex and Passaic counties, New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, the Coordinator of Regional Post-Release Programs, GED Program Director at the Jamesburg New Jersey Training School for Boys, and special education instructor for the severely disabled in the NJ Department of Corrections. She started her life as an educator as a 4th grade and middle school teacher, specializing in reading. She sits on numerous Boards bringing her educational expertise to the organizations and communities that she serves.

Karen Chaplin earned a BS in Education at Lesley University and an M.Ed in Educational Leadership at the College of New Jersey. She is proud to have been married for 36 years to Chuck Chaplin, , and to be the mother of two awe- some children her daughter Beverly and her son Eddie.

Find out

What enabled Karen to follow her passion
How you can be unstoppable in pursuing your dream - learn this mantra
What we can do as parents and people in the community to support our children’s education
Why advocacy is so important in education and the various ways Karen advocates for young people
Karen’s three biggest life lessons

Connect with Karen:

Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-chaplin-1a203112/

She’s Got Drive is produced by Cassandra Voltolina and music by Blonde. Artwork by Natasha Merrifield

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