Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Born with a great penchant for exploration and meeting new people, Colleen Kelly is well-known as the co-host of the prominent television series on PBS, Family Travel with Colleen Kelly.
- The show Family Travel with Colleen Kelly launched Kelly into stardom & she is now a successful travel consultant having visited more than 25+ countries and 3 continents.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Kelly spent many years of her childhood life running around barefooted and traveling around different cities with her parents. She has a sister Catie Keogh.
- Many years later, Colleen is now a dynamic mother to her two beautiful daughters Dunavan and Shea, and a dependable friend to many.
Early Life :
- Colleen Kelly was born in Chicago, where she stayed with her parents. Her father worked with Hertz car rental company, and her mother was a school teacher.
- She was endeared to traveling from a young age, mainly due to family vacations she completed with her parents in the family’s station wagon.
- Colleen’s parents were able to imbibe the importance of the Catholic faith into her, right from childhood.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- For her education, Kelly secured her first degree in Journalism from the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. Thereafter, she proceeded to the University of Roosevelt where she obtained a ‘Masters in Integrated Communication and Marketing’ (graduating in 1998). She went to Austria as an exchange student.
- Kelly returned to Chicago after her education to take up a position at the beer company Heineken, as their first female district manager.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- The great idea of Family Travel with Colleen Kelly started from a heartfelt discussion on a flight to Milan, Italy. Kelly and her friend Tricia Fusilero are executive producers of the show. They pitched the idea to the producers after realizing that there was a gap in the market – Parents with children & their difficulties in traveling.
- When she was a young mother, Colleen and her sister had helped launch an award-winning NBC-5 Chicago show – 24/7 City Secrets.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Her favorite travel destinations are Switzerland and Wales.
- Kelly has never visited Japan!
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