Karen Konnerth's extensive work as a professional puppeteer became the foundation for her specialization in arts-integrated teaching and visual storytelling. From Indonesia to Patagonia, South Africa to Oman, Italy to rural Louisiana, and everywhere in between, Konnerth shares and nurtures stories for and by children to cultivate a curious, imaginative, and open-eyed world. Konnerth lives just across the river from the New Orleans French Quarter and hears the steamboat calliopes every day.