Jelena got a BA in psychology from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš. As part of a master program in psychology, she studied at the International University for Psychoanalysis in Berlin under the mentorship of Dr. Aleksandar Dimitrijević. She is currently training to become a psychodynamic psychotherapist. She works as a teaching coordinator at the School for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and as a psychological counselor at the Potent organization in Niš.