Presently, she is a faculty member at the Community Arts Center in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. Patti’s scope of work includes conducting community outreach photography programs as well as teaching black and white workshops. Kelly began her career at a weekly newspaper at the Jersey Shore. Her work continues to be published in books, magazines and calendars illustrating the people and places of New Jersey and has earned Kelly several awards from the New Jersey Press Photographers Association. Kelly currently resides in Pennsylvania but a strong emotional connection to the Jersey Shore often returns her back to document the region’s unique environment and personality Patti Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1963. There, she received a B.A. in Journalism from Temple University.