[4] In May 1991,[5] Elina married Nick Fuhrman, a congressional candidate from Madison, Wisconsin.
She has received awards for her coverage of the war in Afghanistan and the September 11th terrorist attacks[2] in New York City, Washington, D.C., and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
She has covered major world events such the Middle East, the trial of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milošević, and the wars in Iraq and Chechnya.
Her work has appeared on CNN, NPR, and in publications such as The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, InStyle, Conde Nast Traveler, SELF, and Jezebel.
On February 2, 2016, she published her first book, Soupelina's Soup Cleanse, which was featured in The New York Times during the week of its release; Soupelina's Soup Cleanse was also featured in the monthly women's fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar.