Rođena je 19. srpnja 1962. u Splitu. Do jedanaeste godine živjela u Gornjem Selu na otoku Šolti. Osnovnu i srednju školu završila je u Splitu te diplomirala na Fakultetu za defektologiju - smjer logopedija. Oduvijek radi s djecom, od toga nekoliko godina s djecom s posebnim potrebama u Bujama. Živi u Oprtlju, majka je troje djece. Haiku zapisuje od svoje dvadeset šeste godine. Članica je Društva hrvatskih haiku pjesnika u Zagrebu, a haiku objavljuje u časopisu Haiku, te u ludbreškim i kloštranskim zbornicima.

Born on July 19th 1962 in Split. Till the age of 11 she lived in Gornje Selo on the island of Šolta, Secondary School she finished in Split, took a degree in logopedics at the Faculty of Defectology in Zagreb. All her life she hs worked with children. She lives in Oprtalj and is mother of three children herself. Her first haiku she wrote at the age of 26. Neli is a member of The Association of the Croatian Haiku Poets, Zagreb and publishes in the magazine Haiku, and haiku collections in Ludbreg and Kloštar Ivanić, taking part in the haiku meetings.

1. Haiku No. 17/18, Zagreb 2003 - pohvala/Commendation;

2. Haiku NO. 19/20, Zagreb 2003;

3. Zbornik haikua ludbreških susreta/Miscellany of Ludbreg Haiku Meeting 2005;

4. The 38th A-Bomb Memorial Day, 2004;

5. Kloštar Ivanić Haiku Meeting Miscellany, 2005;

6. Zbornik haikua ludbreških susreta/Miscellany of Ludbreg Haiku Meeting 2001;

7. Zbornik haikua ludbreških susreta/Miscellany of Ludbreg Haiku Meeting 2000