Lucy-Anna Kelly

Lucy-Anna Kelly is the student success co-curricular manager at Carnegie Mellon University Africa, where she combines teaching, coaching, and program leadership to strengthen student performance, engagement, and career potential through integrated academic and co-curricular initiatives.

Prior to joining CMU-Africa, Kelly spent five years in Rwanda's English language teaching (ELT) sector, holding both instructional and leadership roles. Earlier in her career, she worked in psychosocial support, providing cognitive behavioral therapy, social rehabilitation, mentoring, and crisis support.

Kelly holds a master's degree in applied positive psychology and coaching psychology, postgraduate diplomas in cognitive behavior therapy and English language teaching, and bachelor's degrees in philosophy and criminal justice. She also holds professional certifications in digital learning design, ELT management, and community justice, and is a trained neuro-linguistic programming coach.

Her work takes a holistic and evidence-based approach, integrating coaching, facilitation, and learning experience design to foster self-awareness, capability, and confidence. She is passionate about empowering others to flourish personally, academically, and professionally through mindset development, competency-building, and purposeful action, while cultivating supportive communities and positive learning cultures.

Beyond her professional life, Kelly enjoys being active outdoors, especially in wild natural spaces. She loves spending time with family and friends, and her personal interests include psychology, spirituality, and the protection of animals and the environment.