Ellena graduated from University Of Queensland in 2001 and moved to the South East to immerse herself in the diverse experience of mixed practice. Over the years she has ventured out of the South East to view the grass on the other side of the fence as a locum, including back home in East Gippsland, to her dairy farm beginnings. Ellena has studied further in Equine Dentistry, and in 2016 completed the Sydney University CVE Sonology course. She lives on a Prime Lamb producing property in Lochaber, with her partner Justin and their two children. Justin keeps her busy looking after sheep and caring for his polocrosse horses and working dogs, their children keep her just plain busy. Ellena has swapped her bike in the past few years and is trying to learn how to play polocrosse.