Ellie attended Villanova University for her BSN and went on to work at Northwestern Prentice Women’s Hospital in the women’s health float pool for nearly six years. She worked on the labor and delivery, postpartum and Neonatal Intensive Care units. She attended the University of Michigan for her MSN in Population Health and MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education. She currently is a Nurse Quality Manager at ILPQC working on the Promoting Vaginal Birth and Equity and Safe Sleep for Infants initiatives.