In 2014, she was introduced to the Digital Pioneer award at the San Diego Asian Film Festival.
To give myself the gift of not feeling confined to a label or a definition that was created by anyone but myself.
Ellen had short hair that she styled in a side-swept fohawk, she knew how to kickflip and ollie on a skateboard, and and she wore Zumiez flannel shirts with folded cuffs at her elbows.