At a young age, Elena followed her passion for drawing and enrolled at the International School of Comics in Rome. While in school, she worked with IDW Publishing on comics like Star Trek and X-Files. Now, her work for Marvel includes drawing Spider-Man (MARVEL HEARTBREAKERS – A CHEMICAL ROMANCE, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #154), Magik (variant cover NEW MUTANTS #4), Spitfire (WOMEN OF MARVEL), and Red Hulk (HULK). Most recently, she was also the artist of the new BLACK WIDOW series, which won the 2021 Eisner Award for Best New Series.