Kara believes that part of being a scientist is being able to communicate with many different people about science. She encourages students interested in teaching science to participate in the growing Science Outreach program or Reed STEM Open Days, programs for which Kara serves as faculty advisor/supervisor. She also facilitates discussions and provides spaces for students to establish their own forays into community engagement with science in an upper-level seminar about various aspects of nervous system development.   

Kara has shared her passion for biology in a variety of public venues including, OMSI lecture series, NerdNite, and Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. Before coming to Reed, Kara shared her perspective on science and biological research by organizing interdisciplinary poster sessions and discussion groups at Goodenough College as well as collaborating with artists, visiting London area schools, and establishing on-going opportunities for school group visits and summer work experiences to UCL.

One of Kara's images is sort of famous, gracing the halls of the Wellcome Image Collection in London, the MIT Koch Gallery, and a cover of the Lodish Molecular Cell Biology textbook. It's even been found as sponsored graffiti on the streets of Dublin!