Marie Elena Ellis is an Arrernte Warlpiri woman from Amoonguna Community, 11km south-east of Mparntwe Alice Springs. She is a cultural adviser, educator, multi-linguist and interpreter. She was selected to be on the First Nations Advisory Board for Pearson Publishing, one of the largest publishers of education resources in Australia. Marie is a scriptwriter and a writer of short stories and poems. She is currently working on a comedy mockumentary called Twoakyte (Tour Guide) and a tri-lingual collection of poetry in Arrernte, Warlpiri and English. She is a First Nations language publisher in training with Running Water Community Press.
