Ellen kawm tiav hauv University of Minnesota nrog ob qhov loj hauv Anthropology thiab Spanish Studies. Nws coj nws txoj kev hlub ntawm kev sib txuas lus thiab kab lis kev cai thiab tau ua nws txoj haujlwm. Raws li kev sib raug zoo-tus tsim kev paub zoo hauv kev lag luam zoo thiab kev tsim khoom lag luam, nws tau koom nrog Pab Pawg Ua Haujlwm Zoo hauv 2023 los siv nws cov txuj ci los txhawb lub luag haujlwm thiab lub zeem muag ntawm Project Success. Thaum nws lub sijhawm dawb, Ellen nyiam tshawb nrhiav cov chaw ua si hauv xeev nrog nws tus txiv, mus saib cov khw noj mov tshiab nyob ib ncig ntawm Twin Cities, thiab koom nrog Gopher games thaum twg nws tau txais lub sijhawm.