Eliza is a Mexican American writer, actress, and comedian from California. She currently writes for Taika Waititi’s pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) and This Fool (Hulu), previously on One Day at a Time (CBS/Netflix) and Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas (HBO). After graduating from UC Berkeley, she moved to New York to intern at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where she worked her way up to digital writer and the on-air Senior Latina Correspondent.

She has studied at the Second City LA, the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre NY, and the Annoyance NY, and now does comedy in dark basements.

Her Sex and the City/Sopranos crossover script went viral on Twitter and was featured in NY Magazine/Vulture, AV Club, and Slate Magazine. She wrote, co-directed, and acted in the award winning short film "La Bruja," which was also written up in Vulture. Her latest short film, We Should Get Dinner!, premiered at SXSW 2022.

She wears sunscreen every day, do you?