Ellie is ten years old and attends fifth grade in Peoria, Illinois.  She loves to write, run, swim, bicycle, hang out with friends, and of course, knit!  She learned about Rwanda from Immaculee Ilibagiza and wanted to find a way to help people in Rwanda from the United States.  Her quote from the drive with her family in Utah is, "You're never too young to change a life on the other side of world."