She is interested in local stories about people, music, culture, and the arts. Her writing has been published in the Toronto Star, amNewYork and Washington Square News. She has also worked as an e-commerce administrator for Cool Hand Gear; a producer, audio and video editor for the Think About It podcast; a news editor at WNYU Radio; and an intern at Project Syndicate. During her time at NYU, her creative writing work has appeared in NYU’s West 10th Literary Journal.

Elle was born on a Monday in Toronto, Canada. Her legal name is Angela Tianxin Liu. Before moving to New York in August 2020, she lived in Guangzhou, China and Bellevue, Washington. She graduated from New York University with a BA in Journalism and English in May 2024. Currently, she is the assistant program manager of the New York Institute for the Humanities.