Jelena Ćališ was born in 1987 in Zagreb, and lives in Sveti Ivan Zelina. In 2009 she took her first degree at the Education and Rehabilitation Faculty, rehabilitation major, and is currently a second year student in the graduate course of the same faculty of the University of Zagreb, Department for Inclusive Education and Rehabilitation. Since 2006 she has been an active member of the Zagreb Volunteer Centre and also does voluntary work in the Srce [Heart] Association for Fostering Development in Children and Young People with Special Needs in Sveti Ivan Zelina, where since 2009 she has been a member of the board of management and runs the Personal Assistant Project, meant for the improvement of the quality of life and integration of people with a high degree of physical disability. She took part in the 2nd International Conference of Rehabilitation Students, Zajedno/Together, 2007, and at the 3rd International Conference called K.R.I.K. in 2008.