Laura Ellis graduated from St Lawrence University in 1973 where she was a biology major. She actually spent more time in the theater department than in the biology department. She went to Temple University School of Medicine, and then completed her Family Medicine residency in Erie, Pennsylvania. After practicing for more than 20 years in east central Florida, and raising 2 children, she decided to change her life and moved to Trinidad, Co.
She lived in Trinidad, Co. for a total of 15 months. She moved to south east Alabama where she practiced at a VA outpatient clinic for 4 years. She moved to central Florida in late 2010.