Elizabeth Nielsen graduated with a Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Northern Illinois University in 2012. While in graduate school, she had the opportunity to conduct research by comparing the acoustic vowel space of children with hearing aids and children with cochlear implants. She presented her research at the Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention in 2012. Elizabeth also created the supplemental text and website for the book A Primer on Communication and Communicative Disorders, written by Howard Schwartz, PhD CCC-SLP/L. 

Elizabeth has worked in home, clinic, school, and barn settings working with children birth to 22, ranging from mild to severe communication disorders. She uses her hippotherapy certification to provide speech-language therapy using equines to assist in the treatment of communication disorders. Elizabeth has experience working alongside physical and occupational therapists in the clinic and barn setting. She is a neurodiversity affirming therapist and enjoys working with the neurodivergent population such as autism, ADHD, dyslexia. Elizabeth is also the author of the children's book Udder Chaos: Amusing Adventures with Farm Animals.