Elena Carter grew up in Novato, California and graduated from the University of California, San Diego in 2011. She is currently working on her MFA at the University of Minnesota.
Parravani tells the story of her twin sister, whose brutal rape led to a heroin addiction and her eventual death by overdose at the age of 28. Accustomed to mimicking her twin, Parravani began to emulate her self-destructiveness.