Staff & Board
Staff & Board
Mentors &
Volunteers
Mentors &
Volunteers
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Karin Stein
Board Member
Background
Karin Stein is a Colombian citizen who lived in Costa Rica for many years prior to moving to the united States in 1980.
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The granddaughter of German immigrants, she grew up on a very remote cattle and rice farm in the eastern plains of Colombia and was homeschooled on a farm without electricity.
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Education
Karin came to the United States from Latin America in 1980, obtained her undergraduate degree in French and Biology at Grinnell College, and graduate degrees in Language Translation and Interpretation at Monterey Institute of International Studies in California, and Horticulture at Iowa State University, and stayed in Iowa.
Volunteerism
She tours throughout the United States with the Latin ensembles she directs (www.artes-latinas.com) and is a regular lecturer at schools and universities on subjects of music and diversity.
Together with her brother and sister, both of whom live in Costa Rica, she has been actively engaged in rainforest conservation for the last 30 years.
Aside from her activities as a musician in Iowa and the rest of the United States, she leads personalized tours to countries in which she has family and friends: Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, and Peru.
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Awards
Outstanding Student Leadership Award, Iowa State University, 1987
Research Fellowship from the World Food Institute, Iowa State University, 1986 and 1987
Gamma Sigma Delta (Agricultural Honor Society), Iowa State University, 1985
Graduation with honors in French and biology, Grinnell College, 1984
Valedictorian, Humboldt School, San José, Costa Rica, 1979
Testimonial For Karin Stein
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"Karin Stein is a dynamo creative whose talents range from marketing, promotions, and event management to musical artistry. She inspires and leads the best musicians on an international scale at the same time she delights students in your hometown school and festival."
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Sherry Gupta / Nov 14, 2017, Executive Director, CULTUREALL™ of Des Moines