Meet the owner Karen Criswell Reese. Karen was born on May 17, 1967, raised in Morrilton, Arkansas. In 1985, after graduating high school, I attended the University of Central Arkansas, majoring in Business. During that time, I worked as a waitress at Shoney Restaurant, and I had favorite customers that loved me. One was a CPA and she gave me a job to work during tax seasons and that was the first seed planted for my interest in doing taxes.