Madeleine Kelly is a photojournalist based full-time in Ukraine and Sierra Leone.  Born and raised in Colorado, Madeleine attained her Bachelors in History from CU Denver. She began her photojournalist career in Hong Kong, covering the 2019 Extradition Law Protests. After this she remained and worked in the US during 2020 and 2021, when she covered the Insurrection at the US Capital on January 6th. Following this, she enrolled in her dual masters degree program at Potsdam University. Once Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, she began her work covering the ongoing invasion for the following 3 and a half years. During which, she attained both degrees, with permission to complete much of her Masters programs virtually. While continuing her work in Ukraine, she has started a new Sierra Leonian based project. The project is dedicated to covering and documenting the dialy life of the Kono tribe and its people in the rural regions. As well as documenting the ongoing work the medical NGO International Mutual Aid and their work since the Ebola outbreak in 2014.