Elena is a licensed esthetician, registered dietitian and nutritionist, a seasoned sales and marketing professional in the health-care industry, and recently joined the Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine practice group.  Elena promotes holistic beauty from the inside and out. She believes nutrition, natural skin care and healing touch nourish not only our skin, but our entire being.

She developed a unique program of facials, body brushing and integrative treatments at Spa Angeli, a welcoming, healing space in her home.  She continues to expand her knowledge by studying skin care and the healing arts, and is enrolled at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition®.

Elena was born in Cuba, lived in St. Croix and now resides in Key Biscayne, Florida. She enjoys travel, baking, food and wine, and the arts.  Yoga and meditation have become an important part of her daily life.

Christi teaches meditation, yoga and nutrition, represents natural nutrition and skin care companies, and is a writer and publisher.

Previously, she worked as an event producer and fundraiser. After college, where she studied music, she modeled and worked for a family-owned hotel chain in Bolivia, and later opened a boutique at Bal Harbour Shops.  She loves being in the kitchen and spends time creating recipes with beneficial ingredients and new vegan treats for TLC.

She is trained in Transcendental Meditation, Zero Point Meditation, Kundalini Yoga, 305 Spiritual Gangsters, and has completed courses in Primordial Sound Meditation, SynchroDestiny and Sacred Embhodiment.  She has written for Green Monkey, The Camel Saloon, and other publications and is co-founder of Poets Democracy.  She is certified in plant-based nutrition and is currently enrolled at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition®.

She has a daughter, Cristalle, and lives in Miami with her Italian Greyhound, Malibu.