A Southern California native, Dr. Kellenberger earned her doctorate in English Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has taught written composition (beginning to advanced) as well as English and American Literature at several area colleges, including California State University, Northridge, California State University, Channel Islands, and College of the Canyons. After the closure of St. John's Seminary College, where she was assistant professor of English, she served as the director of the University Writing Center at CSUN for eight years. She also mentored and supervised hundreds of seniors and graduate students in their first assignments as classroom teachers of writing.