In 2015 Karen was a Finalist in the Telstra Business Women’s Awards and in 2016 a Finalist for the Australian Publishing Executive of the year. Refraction Media was the 2015 winner of Small Publisher of the Year.
Refraction Media created Careers with Code magazine and website in 2014 in partnership with Google. Karen has now overseen the printing and distribution of 500,000 copies of Careers with Code to every Australian and New Zealand high school as well as a pilot edition in the USA.