About
I’m a designer, developer, and meditator, living in Toronto.
I design and build websites for scientists doing compelling and ambitious research. Separately, I also design and build my own software products.
Alongside beep booping, I organize residents and businesses in my neighbourhood to make improvements that support our daily lives. I believe in co-creating the future, learning by doing, and having fun along the way.
In a past life, I was a product designer at Shopify, and before that, a disease researcher at SickKids. I graduated from McMaster University’s interdisciplinary Arts & Science program where I studied biochemistry and philosophy.
Just for fun
Contact me
My email is me@ellen.li if you’d like to get in touch. I’m also a member of 1RG (coworking) and PRG (reading) where you can often find me IRL. Elsewhere..
About this website
I’ve maintained a personal website since 2000 as my own independent corner of the web. This current iteration of the website runs on WordPress; more on its inner workings here. A few past website designs are archived here.
Updated November 16, 2025