Kari Vara serves Cuyahoga Community College as the sr. interactive learning designer in the Online Learning and Academic Technology department. She earned an MA in English from Ohio State University and taught English at the college level before earning her master’s in educational technology from Boise State University. She won an Innovation of the Year award from the League of Innovation in Community Colleges in 2019 and a Presidents Award at Cuyahoga Community College in 2020.