Michelle Ellner is a Latin America campaign coordinator of CODEPINK, a feminist peace organization. She was born in Venezuela and holds a bachelor’s degree in languages and international affairs from Paris-Sorbonne University. After graduating, she worked for an international scholarship program out of offices in Caracas and Paris and was later posted to Haiti, Cuba, the Gambia, and elsewhere. Subsequently, Michelle worked with community-based development programs in Venezuela, and later served as an analyst of US-Venezuela relations.