M. Karen Lichlyter-Klein is an MSW student at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She holds a Bachelor's Degree from Colorado Christian University and a Master's of Divinity from North Park Theological Seminary. Her first career was as a pastor/theologian, public speaker, and religious writer, but then moved into the nonprofit sector working as a consultant in leadership development, organizational management, and conflict mediation, while also serving as the Chief Operating Officer of a county-wide nonprofit action agency. Her areas of research and interests include spiritual identity and its impacts on emotional health, health equity, burnout and resiliency, and organizational/systemic interventions for staff retention and health.