Karin Jensen

From the Arctic to the Amazon, I have circled the globe by ship, train, camel, and tuk-tuk, seeking stories that connect us.
As a former member of the Geneva Writers' Group, the IWWG, and the Kauai Writers' Conference, and now the Iowa University's Writers' Conference, I have self-published three books about growing up in unknown cultures, fostering cultural awareness. I have also written and presented about 200 Christian sermons.
As a lifelong teacher and youth leader turned author, I immerse myself in diverse cultures, befriending locals and dramatizing their inspiring tales. I have slept in Mongolian gers, celebrated Holi in India, and traded English lessons for salsa dancing in Brazil.
Conversant in 6 languages, I find a universal human spirit beneath surface differences. My middle grade series brings to life Indonesian Funeral Rites, the tribal culture of Vanuatu, and now a herder's life in Mongolia. My Vanuatu story was locally printed in Port Vila and sold enough copies to finance two 1000 liter tanks for primary schools.