Elaine was born in NJ in 1994 and started SONJ in 2007. She has about 140 gold and silver medals. She is a champion of Swimming (breaststroke) for 14 years in a row. Additionally, she has Gold medals in Track & Field. Elaine is playing Soccer and Basketball and was a member of the 2014 National Games Soccer Unified Team. Her team was 1st place, scored 9 goals (she had 4 of them).

She went to meet the Governor of NJ to push forward Unified sports in NJ. Elaine studied in Mercer County College, including English, Computer Science, 3D Modeling, Publication Design, Typography, and Photography. She was Employee of the Year in 2019, working as an Administrative Assistant in Our House. She has a couple of articles in Princeton Magazine about her achievements in Sport and Work.

She has 2 siblings: a sister-lawyer and a brother-supervisor in Habitat of Humanity. Her Dad passed away in 2016 at the age of 56. Elaine lives with her Mom, Tatiana.