Elena Sell studied economics at Johannes Kepler University Linz and Ryerson University Toronto with a focus on environmental economics, management and marketing. After completing her studies, she worked for a wholesale company in the purchasing department and then for nine years as a project coordinator at the FH OÖ Forschungs- & Entwicklungs- GmbH. Since January 2019 she has been employed as a project controller at the Energy Institute at the JKU Linz.