A 2010 alumna who majored in International Affairs and minored in Economics and French. After graduating she worked as an English Teaching Assistant in Austria through the Austrian-American Educational Commission in association with the Fulbright Commission. After returning to the U.S., Elina was a paralegal at an immigration law office in Connecticut. Deciding to pursue a career in publishing, she was hired in June as a Production Assistant at the Berkley imprint of Penguin Group (USA).