Elisa fell in love with Mexico while spending a year in Veracruz as an exchange student in 1985. She made Mexico her permanent home in 2017, where she lived in both Puerto Vallarta and Punta de Mita while beginning a new career in residential real estate. Happy to now call San Miguel home de Allende home since 2021, Elisa is an involved member of the community and speaks fluent Spanish.
Before moving to Mexico, she worked in Real Estate for over twenty-five years, overseeing US expansions for retailers such as Sur la Table and Kendra Scott, leasing high-profile, mixed-use developments, and consulting on the branding, marketing and positioning of high-end shopping centers internationally.