Elly is a graduate of the Garman Art Conservation Program at SUNY Buffalo State University where she received an MA and MS in 2024 specializing in objects conservation. She graduated from the University of Tulsa in 2020 with a BA in art history where she earned several academic awards for excellence in art history and scholarship. She completed a pre-program internships at The Gilcrease Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and The Art Institute of Chicago and completed her 3rd year graduate internship at the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta. She is currently the Assistant Objects Conservator at the Gilcrease Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma.