Elisa Oliva was born in Aosta in 1993 in one of the few bilingual regions in Italy, Aosta Valley in which they speak both Italian and French. After graduating high school at Aosta's Classical Lyceum Giosuè Carducci in 2014, attending also half of the 4th year in Australia at the Kawana Waters State College in Bokarina as an exchange student, she graduated a BA Hons in Film Studies at the South Bank University in London in 2018.

In London, where she lived for about 5 years, she gained work experience in the cinematic and television field as a lighting assistant.

The lively attention to foreign cultures and to the world of arts makes her travel constantly aiming to gain international experiences professionally and personally. For this keen interest in other cultures and in the field of art, she matured personally a good level in English, French and in Spanish which she is currently studying.