After jumping on tour vans to do interviews with local Bay Area bands in high school, Elissa started her first official gig in music writing — an internship at College Music Journal — in 2011. Since then she has worked, freelanced and/or interned at Fader, XLR8R, Spin, Billboard, VICE and Red Bull Music Academy. She is currently the Deputy Editor at Telekom Electronic Beats and a DJ and presenter on Cashmere Radio in Berlin.