Elena grew up in Venice and has always loved traveling abroad. She graduated in Russian Language and Literature from Ca' Foscari University, Venice, where she also studied English and Serbian. She lived in Paris to cultivate her interest in Russian theatre and studied Meyerhold at Sorbonne Paris III and CNRS. Later she embarked on a second degree at Ca’ Foscari and took up historical studies: Roman archeology, Architecture, and Art with a special focus on the Renaissance.
In 2019 she took part in the ‘435ponti e qualche scorciatoia’ a project by David Horvitz a conceptual artist and poet based in L.A.
She is a fully licensed professional guide in English, Russian, Serbian and Italian, her mother tongue. She is happy to be a guide and have found a way to continue studying, attend art exhibitions, travel and share her passion about the history of Venice.