Mary Ellen Fillo

Mary Ellen Fillo is a seasoned news reporter and columnist/features writer with over five decades of experience at The Hartford Courant, where employment began in October 1971. Additionally, Fillo served as an adjunct professor at Central Connecticut State University and the University of Hartford from January 2000 to May 2010. Fillo also contributed as an ESL tutor for the Plainville Public School District between January 1994 and June 2005. Fillo holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing and Journalism from Central Connecticut State University, obtained between 1984 and 1990, and an Associate's degree in General Studies from Hartford College for Women, completed in 1970.