Elisa is a bilingual journalist, family advocate and mom of two. She is a former Campaign Director for MomsRising / MamásConPoder, and cofounder of MotherTalkers, an award-winning parenting community that has been recognized by Ms. Magazine and Latinos in Tech Innovation and Social Media. Elisa serves on the board of the Ecology Center in Berkeley, California, an organization dedicated to creating a sustainable and healthy future for all. Her background is in print journalism; she created the wireless beat for Wired News, and currently contributes to the Daily Kos.    

 What's the best advice you ever got from your mom?

  “The importance of having faith that things turn out as they should.”