Hi, Im Zoe Elisabeth
My mission is to improve the lives of people living with chronic pain by advancing rigorous, patient-centered research and translating scientific evidence into stories, education, and advocacy that compel meaningful change.
I don't see research, art, writing, and advocacy as separate careers. I see them as different languages for analyzing the same question: how do we create a better life for people living with chronic pain?
I believe evidence changes minds, but creative expression changes humanity. My goal is to use both to advance understanding, reduce stigma, and encourage better care for people living with chronic pain.
CRPS teaches me that healing is rarely linear and that many people are forced to build lives that don't fit conventional expectations of health, productivity, or success. Those experiences don’t simply shape my post-college job search; they shape how I think, create, and ask questions.
Check out my website or get in touch to chat; I am open to any conversation. Every breakthrough begins with someone asking a different question. My hope is to spend my life relentlessly curious.
Written about Zoe Elisabeth
"Chappaqua Resident To Compete On Food Network’s Chopped Junior"
"Chappaqua Resident To Compete On Food Network’s Chopped Junior"
"Chappaqua Resident To Compete On Food Network’s Chopped Junior"
Click to read about my experience on Food Network's Chopped Junior at 11 years old in 2015. Watch Season 1 Episode 3 "Shake It Up" on HULU.
"Life-Changing Accident Led Teen To Create Business And Charity"
"Chappaqua Resident To Compete On Food Network’s Chopped Junior"
"Chappaqua Resident To Compete On Food Network’s Chopped Junior"
Click to read about starting my business, By G Style, after learning how executive functioning skills help cope with my chronic pain. Continue reading to discover how this passion project evolved into a monthly charitable routine.
"Zoe Gellert: Chronic Pain Warrior & Teenage Entrepreneur"
"Chappaqua Resident To Compete On Food Network’s Chopped Junior"
"Zoe Gellert: Chronic Pain Warrior & Teenage Entrepreneur"
Click to read about my journey making jewelry while in treatment at Children's Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.
Publsihed by Children's Specialized Hospital Foundation