Elina Morrison is a Research Analyst at MEF Associates. At MEF Elina supports projects focused on guaranteed income, asset-building, and poverty reduction strategies for children and families. She has a sharp interdisciplinary toolkit grounded in qualitative and quantitative methods—ranging from participatory research and narrative inquiry to data analysis and survey research—supported by formal training in econometrics, sociology, and public policy.
Prior to MEF, Elina was a Research Assistant at Poverty Solutions and a Research Fellow at the Aspen Institute’s Financial Security Program. Elina also served as the Interim Federal Policy Associate for Youth Villages, where she provided technical assistance to child welfare agencies across the country to aid in improving services for transition-age youth.
Elina holds Masters in Public Policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and a BA in in International Relations and English Literature with a double minor in Economics and Human Rights Studies at from the University of North Carolina at Asheville.