Ellie Lorenz is a grduate of California State University, Sacremento, She is a mother of three; one daughter and two sons, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildern. She currently resides in Washington State. Miss Ellie has Native roots in Canada with the Blood Tribe, and in Montana with the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, where she was raised until the age of nine and a half. Most of her teen years she lived in rebellion with an I-will-do-if-my-way attitude. Much role modeling came from her grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins, mom and dad, and all her loving animals; have all contributed to the woman she has become.

At the age of thirty, Ellie Lorenz found herself being led to the doors of her first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. AA was her catalyst to a way of living that transformed her entire life. The Lord used poeple, places and thing to guide and direct her steps, all of which were directly placed to guide her to where she is today. The rest of the journey speaks for itself