Kelly Jean Conroy grew up in New England and began her path to Jewelry and Metalsmithing while at Syracuse University graduating with a degree in Art Ed. She has her MFA in Jewelry/Metals from University of MA – Dartmouth. She currently teaches metalsmithing at Lincoln Sudbury High School and Metalwerx in Waltham, MA. She has also taught at Massachusetts College of Art, Peters Valley School of Craft, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Snow Farm, and the Worcester Center for Crafts.