Elizabeth is co-chair of the Climate Justice Alliance, a national frontline led organization and Executive Director of UPROSE, Brooklyn's oldest Latino community-based organization. Elizabeth was the 1st Latina Chair of the USEPA National Environmental Justice Advisory Council and opening speaker for the 1st White House Council on Environmental Quality Forum on Environmental Justice under Obama. Elizabeth was featured in the NY Times as a visionary paving the path to Climate Justice, named by Apolitical as Climate 100: The World’s Most Influential People in Climate Policy , featured in Vogue as one of 13 international Climate Warriors, Oprah’s list of Future Rising- more recently a 2025 TIME Magazine Closer and People Magazine in Español Climate Change leader. She has spoken at Oxford, the Hague and the Pasteur Institute in Paris.