Elana has completed a Bachelor of Science in Security Studies at Leiden University, including a minor in International Relations and Political Science at the National Taiwan University and the UNISCA summer course at the University of Amsterdam. She completed her bachelor's with a thesis on the different methods of violence used by Islamic and far-right violent extremists and their representation in Dutch CVE policies, after which she joined the Drive project. Currently, she is completing an MSc in Crisis and Security Management Intelligence and National Security at Leiden University, of which she is a student mentor as well. She is fluent in both Dutch and English and will continue studying Mandarin after starting when she was living in Taipei, Taiwan.