Ellen made her debut in the studio at the age of two where her affinity with paper and pen began to look genetic. At 13, she had already entered the business world, designing her first product for retailers–sticker sets for Frances Meyer. Since then, she has attended Brown, the Sorbonne in Paris, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, returning every summer to lend her talented hand in the studio. And now, Ellen is a Cathy Heck Studio designer, working from her own branch in Berkeley, California..