Ka cika wannan magana: Mary Louise Kelly ta yi girma a Atlanta, Georgia. Ta kammala karatu tare da girmamawa daga Jami'ar Harvard a 1993, tana karatun gwamnati da adabin Faransanci. A matsayin babban edita a "The Harvard Crimson", ta rufe zaben shugaban kasa na 1992, da kuma
na farko rantsar da shugaban kasar Bill Clinton.