Keith Kelly was born on an airforce base in upstate New York and raised in Plainfield, New Jersey. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City and spent twelve years working in advertising and graphic design. He found his calling in education and has spent the last twelve years working with children of all ages as an English and Special Education teacher in Jersey City. He has been married for twenty-six years to his wife Noemi and has a grown son and daughter. Master Kelly is a sixth-degree black belt in Taekwondo and a first-degree black belt in Doce Pares style Eskrima.
