Tekelia C. Kelly is a entrepreneur, engineer, educator, and founder and owner of CHIPS Learning Services. Since 1995, she has worked as an Education Technology Consultant serving customers across TN.  She is a Career & Technical Education Teacher and STEAM (STEM+Art) Teaching Artist affiliated with the Tennessee Arts Commission and Tennessee Arts Academy, Tennessee Department of Education and Tennessee Department of Human Services and serves

students, teachers and clients in groups and 1-on-1. 

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Tekelia is a Microsoft Innovative Educator, Code.org  Teacher, Makey Makey Training Partner, Maker Faire Affiliate and Facilitator, Tennessee Arts Academy Alum and Holmberg Arts Leadership Institute Alum.  She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Technology, with masters-level coursework in Instructional Design & Technology.  She has over 20 years experience serving business and education.

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Tekelia's education and information technology solutions have been deployed at corporations such as First Tennessee, Bank Federal Express, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital,  Provident Companies Blue Cross Blue Shield, Mapco Oil, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga State Technical College and Tennessee Technology Center.  Her instructional services have been used by  Solomon Schechter Day School, Jr. Achievement, Girls Inc, St. Nicholas School, Memphis Jewish Community Center, Creative Life, Inc, Chattanooga Autism Center, Hamilton County Schools, Jungle Town and many others.

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Dedicated to empowering the talents of students one child at a time, Tekelia  offers custom-designed

instruction, career and technical education, and project-based learning solutions that help learners go from school to work more successfully.  She is a published entrepreneur, engineer, editor, educator and entertainer.  Her business ventures include TekeliaKelly.com, SistersInBusiness.Net, CHIPS, INTERNCHIPS, For Your Information and more. 

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A former Miss Black Chattanooga, Tekelia has performed for Tuskegee Institure Choir with college friend and history-making "smallest freedom fighter" Sheyann Webb; Libertyland Theme Park as a "Showstopper"; the National Civil Rights Museum Commemorative Choir with Olander Draper, honoring

dignitaries like Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Mavis Staples and Desmund Tutu; venues like the World's Fair, The Peabody, Orpheum Theatre; and Mountain ArtsCommunity Center; special events such as 42-The Jackie Robinson movie, Sisterhoold Showcase, and many other special events

Tekelia performs student ticket-subsidy programs for schools in Tennessee through the Tennessee Arts Commission. Her teaching artistry empowers learning and includes history, art, music, singing, storytelling, engineering, math, science and 

technology. Her indie music includes originally written songs as well as recordings from her contract artist days with Sounds of Memphis Studios in the 1980's.  Her music and other works can be found at Amazon, CDBaby, TpT, online and her store .