Elenna Canlas is based on Lenape & Canarsie lands in Brooklyn NYC, and has become a positive force in music culture through over a decade of recording and touring across the globe as a keyboardist, synthesist, & vocalist supporting a multitude of artists and bands including Allison Russell, Cochemea, Xenia Rubinos, Miles Francis, Lollise, Kirsty Rock, Sinkane, Underground System, and Easy Star All-Stars. She is an alumna of the 2022 OneBeat Sahara cultural exchange fellowship alongside musician culture bearers from the USA and the Maghreb & Sahel regions of North Africa, and has dedicated herself to being an organizer, facilitator, & advocate in co-founding Womxn Musicians Forum, a circle that aims to inspire change, empowerment, and to address the challenges and issues faced by women in music communities around the world through storytelling and connection.