Elaine is a native New York, Puerto Rican Director and multi-hyphenate Storyteller.​Her awards include the HBO Latinx Director award, the LALIFF | LFI | Amazon-MGM works-in-progress independent feature post-production grant and from festivals including SXSW, Urbanworld, Seriesfest and more. 

​Elaine’s feature directorial debut is a genre dance-drama-thriller Tubi original, Midnight Hustle. Her second narrative feature, Brownsville Bred, which she wrote, produced and directed, is currently in post-production. The YA family drama, and gritty slice of Urban American Latina life shares Elaine's personal coming-of-age story and was filmed in NY and Puerto Rico. The story is adapted from Elaine's award-winning novel and Off-Broadway one-woman show. ​Elaine is a WarnerMedia 150 Artist, who has received funding from the NY Women in Media (NYFA) fund. She is a WGA Showrunner Academy alumna,Shondaland Director finalist and two-time Lynn Shelton and Imagen Impact award nominee.​Her short films, Me 3.769 and Princess Cut, can be seen on Max.​

As a Writer, across mediums, Elaine's original one-hour procedural drama pilot, The System, was bought by the CBS network; The New York Times hailed her off-Broadway stage play, "From Girlhood Trials to Onstage Triumph."