C.K. Collins, aka Kelly, was the award-winning publisher and owner of a hyperlocal news publishing company in the Nashville, TN area. She sold her company and retired from the industry in 2021.Believing that travel feeds the soul and grows the heart and mind, Kelly embarked on a two-year travel sabbatical which has included trips to Utah, Grand Canyon in Arizona, Buenos Aires, Patagonia, Portugal, Spain, Italy and a 30-day sailing rally from Los Angeles to La Paz, Mexico. In 2018, Kelly hiked the 500-mile Camino de Santiago in France and Spain, hiked a portion of the Appalachian Trail in New Hampshire in 2019 and hiked her second Camino (or spiritual hike) in 2022 in Portugal.Kelly grew up in Nashville, TN and is currently residing in Newport, Rhode Island while writing her first book in a four-part series, The Swipe Right Effect. Kelly raised her three girls while moving around the country for work. She lived in Mississippi, Alabama, Ohio, Florida, Illinois, Texas and moved back to Tennessee in 2001. Kelly is very proud of her three grown daughters and their partners and travels to spend time with them as often as possible.
