Elena is the Director of Sports Science and a Sports Performance Coach for the women’s soccer program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She earned her Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology from UNC, where her research focused on the physical, technical, and tactical variables in Division I women’s soccer. Elena also serves as a Network Sport Scientist with U.S. Youth National Teams. Her work focuses on female athlete monitoring and load management, GPS and data analytics, strength and conditioning programming and return-to-play performance integration.
