breathe. move. create.

The name's Ellaine. I'm from the suburbs of Chicago, now based in LA. I grew up chasing perfectionism as the eldest child of Filipino immigrants, looking to check off all the boxes to achieve a "successful" life. That is, until I flunked out of college, went to therapy, and started being more honest and assertive about what I wanted in life.

In Spring of 2023, I quit my full-time job to pursue my career in dance -- or rather, in art as a whole.

I dance. I write. I sing. I paint. I craft. I feel.

I am an artist of life.

I am actively choosing to use the many gifts God gave me to show the world that it's okay to FAIL, and it's okay to FEEL.

We have to feel through all of it if we're going to heal humanity.

and I believe we can.

and I refuse to conform to anything that tries to silence us.