Karen Swanger

Oregon State University Professor in College of Public Health and Human Sciences.

Director of OSU’s KidSpirit - Youth Empowerment Organization.

Karen Goes by Big Mama K.

A Mentor in my life

Fast Fire: 

• Texting or talking?
• Favorite day of the week?
• Favorite city in U.S. besides the one you live in?
• Nickname your parents used to call you?
• Favorite holiday?
• Scale of 1-10, how good of a driver are you?
• Fill in the blank: Taylor Swift is _________.
• What SuperPower Would you choose? 

1. Tell the listeners a little bit about you, who are you, and how did you get here?
2. October being Breast Cancer awareness month, would you share with us a little bit about your battle, recovery, and the continued effort to live as a breast cancer survivor.
3. Let’s talk about Kid Spirit at Oregon State University: 
4. Founder of the program, how did that come about? 
5. Mission and Focus.
6. Training college students to work with youth and be professionals (what do college kids need to work on the most right now?)
7. Fish Philosophy: Be There, Make Their Day, Choose Your Attitude, & Play.
8. Any other key philosophy additions?
9. Dress-up days: Last day of the summer camp is always super hero day, why? 
10. What has been your greatest takeaway from the work you have done at Oregon State University?
11. Do you have any ambitions to grow into something else, take a different direction? What might that be? Not many people get to live out/create/build their dream job, like you have, is there another dream?
12. Explain the iconic Big Mama K tutu’s
13. Moment of recognition: Who or what in your life is worthy of some recognition, lets take a moment to give it to them.