Ms. Kelly has been teaching Religion since she was in high school herself. She began teaching first grade CCD and then moved on to teach the Confirmation class in her parish as a young adult. She started teaching in Rice’s Religion department in 1997. She has a passion for her faith and loves working with teens in the classroom, on retreats and on community service events such as Habitat for Humanity. For the last eight years, she has directed Campus Ministry, while teaching a few Religion classes. Ms. Kelly likes to garden and hike in the summer, and cross country ski in the winter. She loves to spend her free time with her three children and six grandchildren.