Kamie Kelley was born at Kaiser Hospital in Harbor City and raised in San Pedro. She currently resides with her husband Andrew in Lakewood. Before coming to Our Lady of Refuge she worked for Los Angeles Unified School District. This is Mrs. Kelley's sixth year of teaching at Our Lady of Refuge. Her dream and goal in life has always been to become an elementary school teacher.

She is a graduate of the California State University of Long Beach with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies and a concentration in Visual and Performing Arts. She has received her Multiple Subject Credential with CLAD emphasis.  Through her Visual and Performing Arts background she hopes to incorporate her teaching methods making the classroom environment an exciting, loving, and interactive experience for her students. Early on in her teaching experience she felt drawn to her Catholic faith and chose to become a teacher within the Catholic community.