Background
I'm a double Immigrant born in Italy and raised in Venezuela who became a Texan some years ago. My mother and grandmother became displaced German refugees at the end of WWII and my father is the son of Italian migrants who settled in Venezuela.

MFA

I'm a first generation college graduate and MFA Candidate in Nonfiction and Fiction at Bennington Writing Seminars, Jan. 2025. 

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Community

​I live in Austin where I enjoy the vibrant literary community. I'm a current member of the Writers League of Texas.
ELISABETTA LA CAVA
​Austin,   TX
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Twice foreign, I write on family and
​cultural interconnectedness.