Elle holds a 15+ year history of service and philanthropy; engaging in regular volunteer work with various worldwide and local organizations, involving housing, education, humanitarian aid work and sustainability projects, both hands-on and management work for leadership and mentorship programs.

Housing and the South Asian Sex Trafficking Pandemic

Worked with socially and financially underprivileged communities in Calcutta, India and Sylhet, Bangladesh to encourage education of teenage girls and abolish the movement for human trafficking in those neighborhoods. Developing housing projects and sustainable communities, building schools and medical settings.

Housing and the Bosnian Land Mine Crisis

Worked with local area girls high school to help integrate Bosnian land mine victim and war refugees into the UK..

Housing and the Rwandan Genocide

Worked with local area girls high school to help integrate Rwandan genocide victims and refugees into the UK.

Housing and the Kenyan Orphan Call

Fund raising, grant discovery/writing/research, increasing awareness, project oriented vision driving, hands on orphanage work in Kenya, for organizations based out of London, Portland metro area and Texas, building orphanages, housing, schools, medical facilities.

Housing and the US [Portland] Veteran Home Shortage

Worked with Veterans associations to help house vets returned from service..