Carol Freer Rao

Carol Freer Rao is a semi-retired Interior Designer, visual artist, and entrepreneur based in Oak Park, Illinois. She oversees operations for her family’s agricultural business and manages a small antiques business. With a BS in Mass Communications from Illinois State University, Carol worked in both radio and print before graduating from Harrington Institute of Interior Design. She has worked as a residential designer for more than  25 years. Her creative journey has expanded to charcoal drawing, painting and writing. Other interests include pickleball, line dancing and the outdoors. She also is a volunteer with the Forest Preserve of Cook County.

Carol has proudly called Oak Park home for over 25 years, where she raised her two sons, who are recent college graduates and work in the area. Both enjoy making music; one played the trumpet in the OPRF Marching Band while the other played electric guitar at School of Rock.