Braille Innovations Author and Owner

Braille Innovations has been in business since 2008. Founded by Karen Carl, Braille Innovations is a subsidary of Innovative Education Services. 

Karen Carl has a Bachelors in Elementary Education from UM Columbia, a Masters in Specialized Reading from UMSL,  a Masters Certificate in Deafblindness, a Masters Certificate in Cortical Vision Impairment, and soon a Masters Certificate in Early Childhood Education.

Karen Carl was TSBVI for Fort Zumwalt School District from 1994 to 2022.  

Karen Carl has served as an Educational Consultant with the Missouri School for the Blind Outreach Department since 2017.

For the 2024-2025 school year, she is one of the braille teachers at the Missouri School for the Blind.

For the 2025-2026 school year, she will be a TSBVI at Francis Howell School District.