home of 20 yrs for Queensland, Australia, subsequently arriving in Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays, Queensland. As official Destination Ambassador she has been shining a light on the region through media appearances, advertising campaigns and her original music, videos and performances. 2020 saw the premiere of Karen's original musical memoir Mackay to Manhattan at the MECC in Mackay, Queensland. In 2021 Karen gave the finale performance to a sold out audience at the Whitsundays Arts Festival. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's iconic misogyny speech, Jacobsen set the speech to music word for word. The 'Misogyny Opus' is a one hour pop orchestral work, with the first section released in October 2022 with a music video including 70 equality advocates from around the world. As composer for the piece, Jacobsen recorded a full album and tour to spark conversation and empower a 'wave of equality.' "Now Karen Jacobsen, the original voice of the gps has written this classical music masterpiece." "One Australian artist has gone a step further, giving the speech a glow-up into a Disney musical worthy tune by Queensland recording artist, Karen Jacobsen" As co-Founder of the Whitsundays Songwriter Festival, the inaugural event took place in September 2022 with a professional songwriter residency including Graeme Connors Tia Gostelow Leanne Tennant (LT) Bryce Sainty and co-Founder Francesca de Valence at Yangaro in Funnel Bay near Airlie Beach in Queensland, Australia. Designed to create opportunities for regionally based Songwriters and to establish a world class songwriter presence in the area, the whitsongfest is part of the Whitsundays Arts Festival. Charitable Traveling to Lusaka, Zambia in 2006 to meet her sponsored child, Jacobsen raised awareness of the benefits of child sponsorship as an advocate for Children International. She started a group called To Zambia With Love to support the work of Children International and encouraged others to sponsor children. In 2010, she was invited to become an Ambassador for Dress for Success speaking for a number of Professional Women's Groups in New York and at events in Brisbane, Australia. In 2014 and 2015 she was the keynote speaker for EYO, an AAUW event for young women. In 2015 she partnered with Careflight (now LifeFlight) Helicopters and Mackay CQ Rescue in Queensland, Australia speaking and singing at a series of events to raise awareness and funds for their lifesaving work. In 2018 Karen narrated the Audio