Elly began working with FFAC as an intern in 2020 in her junior year at Johns Hopkins University, where she studied Environmental Science and International Studies. While at JHU, she was also involved in various food and environmental justice efforts, including the fossil fuel divestment campaign, pouring rights campaign, and her campus’s vegan/vegetarian club. In her free time, Elly likes to browse TikTok, forage for wild plants, volunteer at community gardens, and read books on critical animal, race, and gender studies.