My name is Karen Vance. I was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised by the beach in North Wildwood, New Jersey. I attended Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ, where I earned a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education. I taught Basic Skills and 3rd grade at Margaret Mace Elementary for 3 years before I got married and moved to London, KY, in 1996. I took some time off to raise 2 children and returned to teaching at Cold Hill Elementary in 2006, once my youngest child started kindergarten. While teaching first grade at Cold Hill, I earned a master's degree in special education at Union College.
When Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary opened in 2007, I volunteered to transfer and have been teaching first grade for the past 15 years. WPG is a great place to work because we have wonderful teachers, parents, and students!!