Ellie Araiza was born and raised in Mexico doing mostly improvisational theater. She moved to Chicago at age 16 and participated in local theater and TV. There she began to dabble with the directing side of the camera, making several short films and music videos, some of which were accepted in international film festivals. At age 18 she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of becoming a working actor, writer, and filmmaker. She worked as a production assistant on indie films while taking several different acting classes and building up an extensive resume, including her very own one-woman show Turtle Love which ran for 7 months at the I.O. West Theatre. She has also completed work on several commercials as well as on feature films Shiloh Falls, Watercolors & Happier. She is the lead singer of the band Pie, has written two feature length scripts.