About
Kari was born in Baltimore, Maryland and completed her undergraduate degree at the Maryland Institute College of Art. While in her sophomore year, Kari began seeking a way to use her developing artistic and visual communication skills and learned of the field of medical illustration. During the summer of 2009, she completed an internship with a Medical Illustrator in the publishing department of Sinai Hospital’s Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics. Realizing this was the perfect field for her to merge her love of art, visual communication, and science, Kari began to complete her scientific coursework at Towson University. After a summer course spent painting in Italy and completing her undergraduate degree, she continued her scientific coursework and started working at the Johns Hopkins Center for Immunization Research. In 2016, Kari received her Master of Arts degree in Medical and Biological Illustration from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Since obtaining her degree, Kari is working as a Medical Illustrator at UWorld collaborating with content experts to create explanation images for USMLE, MCAT, and NCLEX test prep questions. In her spare time, she enjoys time with loved ones, cooking, and the outdoors.