Career
She serves as the Vice Chair of Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles" Huckleberry Fund to benefit homeless teens and is a Board Member for Breastcancer.org, which has disseminated information and support about breast cancer to over 8 million women. Montée Karp was born in Belgrade to a Montenegrin mother and a Czechoslovak father. Karp is married to nationally renowned pediatrician and author Doctor Harvey Karp.
She has one daughter, Lexi.
The family resides in Los Los Angeles Montée Karp directed and produced the award-winning educational DVDs, The Happiest Baby on the Block and "The Happiest Toddler on the Block".
These videos have been featured in the The New York Times, Associated Press, Good Morning America, The View, Doctor Philosophy and Cable News Network. In 2001, she co-produced "Not Under My Roof", an award-winning educational video featuring Olivia Newton-John and Kelly Preston designed to teach parents how to create a healthier home. In 2009, she wrote, produced and directed the 2-Digital Video Disc set, "Breast Cancer: The Path of Wellness and Healing", a comprehensive visual guide forbreast cancer patients and their loved ones.
Participants in this Digital Video Disc include leading breast cancer specialists (eg Susan Love, Marisa Weiss, Dennis Slamon), top wellness experts (eg Dean Ornish, Deepak Chopra, Maoshing Ni) and numerous celebrities breast cancer survivors (eg Olivia Newton-John, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Christina Applegate).
