Karen Slate, OD, has created a career for herself in the nonprofit sector, an area she didn’t even realize was a full-time option for optometrists. “I work with two nonprofits and have a contract to provide disability exams for veterans,” she says. For the first 12 years of her career, Dr. Slate worked in a medically oriented private practice. Her boss and mentor, Glenn Corbin, OD, was a joy to work with, she recalls. But when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, “I was stuck inside with my thoughts, and I started re-evaluating everything about my home life, family and goals,” she recalls. She loved the work she did, but “when I entered health care, my goal was to do the most good for the most people. So I felt like I was missing a portion of that,” she says. Read More