She is the writer for DUKEScomics. She was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. Elvira is also currently a doctoral student in the Rhetoric and Composition program at The University of Texas at El Paso where she teaches Chicana/o Cinema and Chicana/o Theatre. Elvira earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Film from Columbia University in the City of New York. She earned her bachelors degree in Journalism and Chicano Studies with a minor in Theatre Arts from the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities.