Ms. Hoover graduated on the Dean’s list from Saint John’s College High School in Washington DC. After high school Elizabeth took a year off and studied Russian language at St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in St. Petersburg, Russia. She is currently enrolled as a full time student at University of North Carolina at Asheville, where she is studying to become a nurse. She has a strong interest in environmental science due to her parent's backgrounds in astrophysics and environmental policy.

Ms. Hoover joined CICS-NC as an Office Assistant in August 2011.