A native San Franciscan and graduate of U.C. Berkeley, Ellen has lived in Ithaca with her husband and children for nearly ten years. While part of her heart may still be in the Bay Area, she's proud to call Ithaca her home. "Ithaca is a great place to live, work and raise a family," Ellen says. "In every corner you find incredibly supportive networks that make a busy life so much more manageable. My passion is helping others find just the right place to live in this wonderful community."

Ellen brings a wide range of skills to her work in real estate sales. She began her career as an investigative journalist in San Francisco and moved on to work as a newspaper reporter in Venezuela, a writer for the Ann Arbor Observer, a community aide in University of Michigan's Family Housing, the president of the Belle Sherman Elementary School PTA, and, most recently, a community development planner for the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency. In all her jobs, she has combined a love of housing and community with a devotion to helping others, traits that suit her extremely well in her work with Audrey Edelman & Associates RealtyUSA.

When she's not selling houses, Ellen enjoys spending time with her family hiking around the Finger Lakes, swimming in the gorges, and telling stories. She unwinds through yoga, reading and writing short fiction. Her husband Jim is a librarian at Cornell's Mann Library, and her four children are all students in the Ithaca School District. As a family they are all active members of St. Catherine of Siena parish. Ellen looks forward to helping you find a place to call home in Ithaca.