Kelly Paige

Kelly Paige was born in Georgia; grew up in Texas and Colorado; and has lived in eight other states and eleven countries in Europe, Africa, and Asia. She holds graduate degrees in Russian History and International Management and survived teaching English at the National University of Zaire (in the Peace Corps). Kelly worked in the insurance, banking, and hospitality industries; was an Executive Director for three non-profit agencies and two regulatory boards; and spent twenty-five years working for the State of Oregon, primarily in public health. She is a licensed substitute teacher and lives in Oregon with her husband and two rambunctious corgis.