Elaine is first and foremost an artist and activist, which she calls Artivist. She hopes to help change a few minds through television and film. Elaine is a fellow in the HBO Writers Program, chosen for the CBS Writers Program, and a semi-finalist for the Sundance Episodic Lab. She is currently staffed on the new Gossip Girl reboot for HBO Max. Elaine was named one of the top 25 screenwriters to watch in 2019 by the International Screenwriters Association. Elaine was born in Singapore, grew up in Hong Kong and Taiwan until the age of 12, and then moved to Massachusetts.