Jelena obtained her B.A. and PhD in philosophy at the University of Belgrade. During her PhD studies, she attended two philosophy summer schools at CEO, Budapest, and volunteered as a teaching assistant at the Department of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. She has published seven philosophy papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and has given talks at numerous national and international conferences. Since 2011, Jelena has been working as a philosophy teacher at The Fourth Grammar School in Belgrade.