Elana is a member of WHYY's Health & Science desk, hailing from KCUR 89.3FM in Kansas City, Mo. where she covered the health beat for several years. Her passion for storytelling and bridging the personal with the abstract has taken her to the backs of school buses, hospital kitchens, and tick infested rural fields. During her tenure at KCUR she won three Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for her features about domestic violence, health care for the homeless and accordions. Yep, accordions.