Karen is Head of Policy at the Marie Collins Foundation. A lawyer by profession, she worked in private practice for several years, prior to raising a family. She holds a multidisciplinary Masters, with distinction, in international safeguarding. Karen has a special interest in child rights, intrafamilial child sexual abuse and disclosure, as well as the law around protecting children from harm and abuse. She is keenly interested in online grooming and offence pathways between online and offline grooming. Prior to her recent roles in the UK, she lived in North Africa with her family. There, she worked with a public health charity creating and developing child safeguarding training for use in North Africa. Thereafter, Karen was the global safeguarding lead for an international NGO where she led a multicultural global team in responding to child safeguarding reports and allegations internationally. She is a passionate advocate for children, their rights and their protection, striving to use her voice to make safer spaces for children, both online and offline.