Kara grew up in a small town in Minnesota. She attended college for two years in Mt. Vernon, Iowa at Cornell College and double majored in Spanish and Theatre Arts, along with a minor in French. She then transferred to Ashland, Oregon to attend Southern Oregon University where she received her BFA in Theatre Arts. After completing undergrad, she lived in Los Angeles for two years and worked as an extra on several television shows while working in the Entertainment Department at Universal Studios Theme Park Hollywood. She also worked at the Santa Clarita Repertory Theatre as an actress.She is the daughter of Jill Kent, a retired certified professional midwife, and Mark White, who works for the government.She has 5 siblings, one older sister and four younger brothers.She has one daughter, Madison Nanson-White.In 2007, she and her daughter moved to Austin, TX. She worked for several years at a non-profit organization, called Mothers' Milk Bank at Austin as an Outreach Coordinator. The organization processes and pasteurizes human milk to be given to premature infants. She now works at an office that provides therapy services for special needs kids. She is also a co-owner of a theatre company in Austin called Punchkin Repertory Theatre. Show less «