Ana Elisa is a farmer and co-organizer of La Colmena Cimarrona in Vieques. La Colmena Cimarrona (Maroon Hive) practices community based agroecology and beekeeping growing food sovereignty in the archipelago of Puerto Rico.  Ana Elisa has been an activist for environmental and food justice in Puerto Rico since she was thirteen, organizing for the protection of the Northeastern Ecological Corridor from megadevelopment; facilitating and setting up farmer exchanges and community gardens through the islands of Puerto Rico, Haití and Dominican Republic. She has participated and led efforts in Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña, Martín Peña Land Trust, Boricuá Organization of Ecological Agriculture among other grassroots initiatives.