Karen Mauro was born in Manhattan, New York. She is an American actress and singer. Her parents were the first of their immigrant families to be born in America. The early years in New York City and Long Island, New York, is where Karen got her performing feet wet. Cast in school and community theater productions, she was also a constantly featured vocalist in the choir, chorus, and vocal ensemble. Karen excelled as a music major in high school. During those years, she was the recipient of several prestigious vocal awards. From her young teen years, Karen saw the beginnings of her professional singing career as the lead vocalist for various bands throughout New York and Florida, and continues through today. Karen spent many years as a lead actor with a touring Murder Mystery company in South Florida. The company performed new and continuously changing themed interactive shows that encompassed a written script with additional improvisation and singing. Each show varied from dramatic, romantic, comedy, and thriller genres. Karen describes working for this company as fun and wonderfully exciting for strengthening her acting skills. Meanwhile, Karen went on to front rock and Top-40 bands. As the lead singer of her own rock band, All Fired Up on the Treasure Coast of Florida, she was hands-on developing the band, and the production and arrangement of music. They kept the popular band in high demand for years, playing large clubs, festivals, and even opening for a few iconic bands, including 80's powerhouse, Loverboy, and more. Indie movie opportunities came Karen's way. This avenue enabled her to work in front of the camera, which was her lifelong goal. She craves the process and realization of bringing the characters to life on screen. Constantly creative, she also enjoys collaborating on script writing. A cancer caused hiatus kept Karen from her passion of acting and singing for a couple of years. Once that chapter victoriously closed, Karen plunged full force in her pursuit of living her passion. Karen's career encompasses a multitude of varied opportunity and experience as both an actress and singer. This includes backup vocals on recording sessions and performing with those artists at their concerts. Additionally, lead vocals for jingles, voiceover for radio, actor for TV ads in local markets, many dramatic and musical stage productions, and film. Karen continues to find productive and creative outlets by writing, blogging, and pod-casting about her passion for pop culture, TV, and movies. She was a co-host on a prominent LOST podcast. We can also find her as a frequent guest on a few notable podcasts. Moreover, Karen feels honored to be a contributing writer to a couple of published books about the television series LOST. Karen resides in South Florida.