Kelly was born in Spokane, WA and came to medicine via an unexpected path. After receiving a BA in Comparative Religion from the University of Washington she pursued a Master of Divinity at Princeton and was ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She has served the church as a pastor for congregations in Michigan, Oregon, and California, where she also pursued her medical degree at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, as a member of the inaugural class. Kelly is deeply passionate about serving the wholistic healing needs of her community, be they spiritual, psychological, or physical. She is involved with several community organizing efforts as both a pastor and a physician promoting safe and healthy sex work, death acceptance and education, and reproductive justice and access for all individuals. When she's not doctoring or pastoring, you can often find her hiking with her three children and partner, teaching those same three kids how to bake and quilt, or reading by herself.