Education & Professional Development

Karisa has nearly twenty years of experience in group facilitation. Her learning environments are rich, interactive, and creative, with a touch of humor here and there. She has worked intensively with college, early childhood, older adult, and young adult students, honing her skills through additional studies.

Leadership development and staff wellness are two of Karisa’s specialties. She completed her Career Development Facilitator studies through the National Career Development Association, and she is a Certified Practitioner of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) Assessment. She serves as an Alumni Career Advisor at Stony Brook University. At the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Karisa collaboratively launched a professional development workshop series for current and former fellows, interns, and mentors. For this series, she has presented on networking, life balance, and work wellness.

In addition to earning a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University, a Master of Music degree from Yale University, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Grand Valley State University, Karisa was a Carnegie Hall Choral Fellow. In New York City, she studied Arts in Aging at the Creative Center, and Dalcroze Eurhythmics at the Lucy Moses School at Kaufman Music Center.