Kelly graduated summa cum laude with her BS, MS and DPT from Ithaca College. She has over 13 years of pediatric experience in a variety of settings and has been incorporating hippotherapy into her full-time treatment for over 10 of those years. In addition to being a full-time treating therapist Kelly is Clinical Director at Shining Hope Farms in Charlotte NC. She has served as a clinical instructor for physical therapy students from a variety of programs around the country. Kelly is a PATH Intl. Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor and a Hippotherapy Clinical Specialist. She has served on several AHA Inc committees and currently serves as the Chair of the AHA  Inc Social Media Committee. In her free time, Kelly enjoys spending time with her family and raising service dogs.