Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I tipu ake a Mary Louise Kelly i Atlanta, Georgia. I puta ia ki te Whare Wānanga o Harvard i te tau 1993, e ako ana i te kawanatanga me te tuhinga French. I a ia e mahi ana hei kaituhi matua i te "The Harvard Crimson", i pūrongo ia i te pōtitanga ā-peresideni i te tau 1992, me te whakatūnga tuatahi
o te peresideni o Bill Clinton.