Elisa is the recipient of research and teaching awards, including a National Institute of Mental Health fellowship and a National Institute of Aging postdoctoral fellowship. She was also awarded an American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship and the Chicana Dissertation Fellowship at UC Santa Barbara. Additionally, Elisa was awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship hosted by Washington State University, Pullman. She has also received a Boulder Faculty Assembly Teaching Award at CU Boulder, one of the most distinguished teaching awards granted to university faculty. Professor Facio has recently received a Boulder Faculty Assembly Service Award.