CULTURETECHLENSKaren Fields-Lever
VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)
Combined Graph record U-07504 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6318.
Dr. Karen Fields-Lever is the owner and founder of 28 to Brush Dental Studio (28 to BRUSH), the Forest Park, Illinois dental practice she opened in 2014, providing general and cosmetic care together with a mobile dentistry program — launched in 2016 and reported to have served more than 16,000 students — in schools and community centers. A Spelman College and Howard University College of Dentistry graduate, she completed a residency at Yale. She was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.
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Dr. Karen Fields-Lever is the owner and founder of 28 to Brush Dental Studio (28 to BRUSH), the Forest Park, Illinois dental practice she opened in 2014, providing general and cosmetic care together with a mobile dentistry program — launched in 2016 and reported to have served more than 16,000 students — in schools and community centers. A Spelman College and Howard University College of Dentistry graduate, she completed a residency at Yale.
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- Also known as: Dr. Karen Fields-Lever
Notes
SUBTYPE CALL: Person/businessperson — the schema carries no dentist subtype; 'physician' was considered and rejected as inexact for a DDS practice owner. Organization edge: the studio is not homed; edges BLOCKED until homed. Photo HELD: no Commons/LOC file located 2026-10-21.
Relationships
- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as Owner, 28 to Brush Dental Studio.
Sources
- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Dr. Karen Fields-Lever as Owner, 28 to Brush Dental Studio, among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
- DrKarenDDS.com (accessed 2026-10-21): Dr. Karen Fields-Lever on opening '28 to BRUSH Dental Studio' in Forest Park in 2014 and spreading mobile dentistry to schools and community centers. (primary source · build store)
- Black Enterprise (accessed 2026-10-21): profile of Dr. Karen Fields-Lever covering her education, practice ownership and mobile dentistry program; SHEEN Magazine coverage corroborates the 28 to BRUSH founding. (build store)
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