Lisa Kelly was born on December 8, 1980 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She moved with her family to a small farm in Sterling, Alaska at age six. Kelly returned to Grand Rapids to attend college at Cornerstone University for one semester before dropping out after deciding that it wasn't for her. Lisa worked as a school bus driver, at various gas stations, and for a pizza company as well as was a state freestyle motorcross champion prior to becoming a truck driver for the Alaskan haulage company Carlile Transportation in Fairbanks, Alaska. Kelly married her husband Traves Kelly, a full Aleut Native Alaskan and avid dirtbike rider, in 2008 after dating him for four years. She enjoys motorcross, hang gliding, snowboarding, and horseback riding in her spare time.
