Her thesis entitled “Gender-Environment Nexus: The Case of Irrigation, Gender and Development” examined the gendered barriers to irrigation in rural India and the potential effects of their removal, particularly in relation to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She previously comes from an international development background and spent a year working as a medical coordinator in a school in Quito, Ecuador. Eliana has a BA in Geography and International Development from the University of Sussex and a Masters in Science in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies from the London School of Economics and Political Science.