Elisabet is the creator of ELLA Community. By day she is a social worker, by night a social justice blogger. Her career has focused on empowering women and children who have faced violence including domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and human trafficking. Born in San Francisco raised in Sacramento she is a California girl at heart. She attended Azusa Pacific University and the University of Michigan where she obtained both an undergraduate and master's degree in social work. When not at work, Elisabet loves to sing, watch internet cats and binge watch Netflix. Find out more at elisabetmedina.weebly.com/
Grace is a 30 year old health care supervisor and pastor living in Minneapolis, MN. She is a caring and compassionate leader who lives in deep community with others. Grace has finished an Ironman and countless other races. She is in an inspiration and motivator to all who meet her. For fun, Grace enjoys making her home resemble pinterest and taking her dog/child Caspian out on adventures in their camper/prius.
Sherry pursued her dream of traveling the world and savoring life and spent 17 months solo backpacking around the world. While traveling through Central and South America, Africa, Europe and Asia, she also explored the internal miles of her spirit and rediscovered her passion for social justice. Her work is rooted in reflective nature and creating space to observe, reflect and grow from both the positive and negative moments in life. She hopes her images initiate curiosity, spur conversation, move someone to create positive social change or further appreciate life. Find out more at sherryje.com/
Paola Martin del Campo is a certified Yoga Instructor living in San Francisco. She grew up in Baja California, México and graduated with a double major from the University of California, San Diego in International Studies-Political Science and Latin American Studies. During her service as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua she became more connected to her yoga practice. Yoga helped her stay grounded and present throughout her service abroad and throughout the transitions. Paola received her YTT at CorePower San Francisco. She is currently working on BajaYogini, a yoga brand where she will use a percentage of the profits to offer yoga as a healing practice to underrepresented communities.