Jennifer Kelly has degrees in nursing, women's studies and education (adult) from Charles Darwin University and Deakin University, Australia. She is a registered nurse and midwife. She has worked for many years in the area of women's health in a variety of roles and locations throughout Australia. Her teaching and research experiences include nursing, midwifery health promotion, public health and women's studies. She lives with her partner in Townsville in north Queensland, Australia and works as a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at James Cook University, Townsville.