User:Karenlynnshatty

Karen Shattler (born July 15, 1988) is residing in Lake Forest, California. Her passion is for art & beauty. Karen loves to help people out even if it has to do with promoting music, charities, organizations, and any type of talent, if she believes it is worth the time and effort she will go all out.

Personal Life
She was born on July 15, 1988 in Laguna Hills, CA. Her parents divorced when she was young, her mom lives in Orange County, CA and her dad lives in Owosso, MI. Her sister, lives in Salt Lake City, UT. She has two step-sisters. Not sure which sister she has commented on before but this is what she has said: "We don't get along very well, but I love her and always will, I will support her, she's very talented and I'm proud of her."

She went to Lake Forest Elementry School in Lake Forest, CA, Serrano Intermediate School in Lake Forest, CA, and Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo, CA.

Karen is a committed Christian and is a member of Saddleback Church in Orange County, CA, where she has been involved for over 10 years. She used to volunteer in the children's ministry and also help out in the sound booth. She helps usher at one of the Saturday services.

For 6 years she has been focusing on art as in photography, music/lyrics, drawings, and scripting films. "There has been times where I picture myself becoming a tattoo artist, they get to work on art and make it come to life on people." - Karen has once stated.

Illness
Karen started becoming overly sick during Jr. high school. She missed so much there was a letter sent home. They couldn't figure out why, she went to the doctors they found nothing, they even diagnosed her as a Hypochondriasis. It continued all throughout high school.

After high school she was tired of being a Hypochondriac and demanded to figure out why she was so sick. She changed doctors and this doctor found out she has Anemia, Epstein-Barr Virus, and gets Panic attacks. Karen commented on this situation: "I'm so grateful that she found what was finally wrong, I was becoming depressed, and I am diagnosed with depression, I've learned to control a lot of it now so that's good! I still have Epstein-Barr, I don't think it will go away anytime soon, I get sick easily and I'm happy that at least I know why."

Since then, her panic attacks are controlled, she doesn't get them as much. She's still trying to control her anemia and Epstein-Barr. She said that since she gets sick easily, it's hard to do what she really loves is music, she says that my throat gets soar easily and she's trying to figure out ways to get her "voice back". She would love to sing with her church again.

Photography
She is learning to do photography and in hopes of becoming a professional one day. Karen does landscape, plants, objects, and animals mostly, she is trying to practice on people but she answers "it's just easier for me to photograph plants more than anything."

Here is some of her work.

Her comments on photography include:

"Everyone can do photography, you just have to get to know your camera, angles, ect. and lots of practice!"

"I carry my camera to most places, you never know what will inspire you."

Music
She has been writing lyrics for 6 years, she's been asked about her songs and this was her answer: "I haven't published them yet because I still feel like they need some help, there has been some that I have finished and I will be sending them out soon. I don't mind if they use my lyrics just as long as they mention who it's originally from."

She was in the church choir called The Walk in the early 2000's. They performed at Knott's Berry Farm, San Diego, CA, and has performed at Saddleback Church with many performers. She has once stated: "We have performed with New Zealand's famous Christian band Parachute Band, they were great, very friendly."

Film Scripts
Karen has started scripting films lately, non have been published yet, "I have two scripts that I'm working on right now, one is more realistic type, like "what has happened in my life" type thing and one's a fun comedy type. It's taking awhile but what can I say."