Elz has always felt a strong love for music and dancing as long as she could remember. When she was 5 years old she got a pink Sony boombox and a Michael Jackson "Thiller" tape and it changed her life forever. That funky sound reached her somewhere inside and she has been hooked ever since. She soon learned the piano would sing and make up song for hours. Later on she would make up dances and put on shows for her family and neighbors. She then started hearing freestyle on the radio and she fell in love with the oldchool break beat sound. She would make tons of mixtapes with her favorite songs taped off the radio and would dance for hours in her room. When she got into Highschool music was her escape. She loved to perform in musicals and the jazz band. The music always made her happy.

In 1997 after listening to a "Loose Caboose" mix tape by DJ Dan that her sister Kate had given her, she wanted to hear more of this new music and so she started going to underground dance parties in San Francisco and Oakland. After watching DJ Dan, Tony, Jeno, Terry Mullan, Charles Feelgood, Barry Weaver, Tracy, Traxx, Joey Mazzola, Kwashi, Mark Farina, DJ Icey, and especially Donald Glaude move the crowd in amazing ways, it inspired her to create her own unique blend of funky booty shaking pumping house, funky bumping techno and funky old school electro break beats. But mostly she wanted to make other people dance and have a good time like those djs had made her feel. One day while going to a record shop to get flyers for upcoming parties she had extra time so decided to listen to some records. She bought five records (some trance, house, breaks, and techno) and started to mess around on her boyfriend's (at the time) Numark turntables for fun and instantly feel in love. Her prior knowledge of music helped her understand mixing easily and so she took to DJing naturally. She played her first house party that weekend after teaching her self how to mix together her new records. She then decided that playing on someone else's tables wasn't enough to feed her new found addiction so she scraped up enough money for one Technic 1200 turntable and a radio shack mixer. She would mix to the radio, tapes, CDs, or anything else she could get her hands on. Six months later she got another Technic 1200 and a new Vestex 05pro mixer from her grandma, and mom for her birthday. She practiced every day and quickly became a funky bass vinyl junkie. Mixing gave her a way to express herself in a raw way and if she ever felt sad or depressed the music was an outlet for her pain.

Eight months after she first touched a pair of turntables, she got booked to play at X.O.X. 2 at the infamous 2nd and Jackson. She opened up in the small room and it was a great honor for her to be spinning at the same party as Frankie Bones, Jim Hopkins, Tony, Simon, Rinse, Flux, and more. She then began spinning regularly at a free Sunday afternoon outdoor party called Beatdown Sundaze and helped them throw Bass Freakers 1 & 2.

She formed Peak Productions in 1999 to throw events: High with Erik Brown and Joe Lanzon; Free (a free outdoor party); Beyond with Jesse Saunders, Joey Mazzola, Gianni, and Morgan; BassFunk with Barry Weaver, Simply Jeff, Tracy, and Ron Reeser; and The GetDown with DRC, Joey Mazzola, Ron Reeser, Denise and Tom Slik. These parties were thrown to bring the old school funky house and breaks vibe back to the SF scence, as well as to promote not so well known SF talented local DJs.

In 2001 Elz entered her mix tape "Breakaway" into the best new DJ contest on the Friday night radio show House Nation (94.9 FM) and won! She became their new resident, and also won a guest appearance on the main stage at Coolworld's Cyberfest in SF and in Texas. She has since been rocking it all over at such events/places as Ruby Skye, 1015 Folsom, Sno-Drift, Kelly's Mission Rock, Hotel Ibiza, The Backbeat, Club 6, Mixed Element's Heroine, Clockwork Eventz, VG events, House Nation events, Sister SF events, Thump Radio's Atomic, Future Friday's Girl Power, Feelgood's MeggaBuzz and Love Affair, Jive Tribe's BUMP and Warehouse in San Luis Obispo, Movement and Pure in San Diego, Balance in Seattle, The Biltmore Casino in Reno, and Club Ra in Vegas. She has also made guest appearances on such radio stations as Wild 94.9 FM in San Francisco, VIVA 107.1 FM in Los Angeles, KSJS 90.5 FM in San Jose, and KHDC 90.9 FM in Salinas. As well as on-line at Livedjs.com, the Sister SF anti-radio show, Groovetech.com, Bayraves.com, SFUnderground.com, Deciblast.org, and Groovefactory.com.

In 2003 she entered her CD "Breakadawn" into the 92.7 Party FM Dj Showcase contest and became 1 of 4 finalist to compete at the finals at 1015 Folsom in San Francisco and came in 2nd Place. Elz soon joined the all female dj crew Sister SF and started performing with the amazingly talented Audio Angel. On the live tip, Audio Angel layers her voice with the music so well, people often question whether the vocals they hear are live or already on the tracks. A colaboration breaks and house CD with Elz and Audio Angel is now available called "Funk Rocker". Elz joined with famous dj/producer Jesse Saunder's booking agency, Just Say Agency's nationwide Diva Tour including Space Girl, Dj Mea, Valerie and the Vibe Tribe, Ariel Cybana with stops @ Club Ra in Vegas, San Francisco, L.A. and more! As well as started producing her own funkyhouse, beakbeat, techy sound with her first original release called "KBD."

In May 2004 Elz recorded the soulful funky hip-hop influenced house CD "Soul Glow" with reviews from featured artisit Mike Balance saying "Elz demonstrates smooth mixing skills as usual and keeps it crackin' the whole time. I can't wait to see her live sometime!" She also joined the new crew Femme Djs and was the house buyer for Skills Dj Workshop in Berkeley for a short period of time. Up for 2005 was a new CD featuring only oldschool funky breakbeat and hip-hop inspired breaks call "Frisco Freestyle" as well as a CD that contains only remixes of music from Elz's roots called "The Remixes" with artists including Sade, Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac, The Commadores, and more. An original track with DJ Denise and Audio Angel called "All Night" was also dropped! And to round everything out Elz started production school @ E'xpression College for New Media where she is currently studying to be a Sound Engineer and Producer. She also joined forces with Dj Frat to start up a new monthly @ the Red Eye Lounge - For The Funk Of It.

She now holds residencies with Late Night Events, For The Funk Of It, and is sponsored by Mixer Friendly Clothing, which has its line sold at TRUE stores and The Triple Five Soul store in NYC. She also has done promotions for Puma retail stores and Odyssey DJ Gear and has played along side such greats as Donald Glaude, Onionz, Frankie Bones, Dirty Vegas, Uberzone, Crystal Method, DJ Colette, Ellen Ferrato, Josh "the Funky 1", Richard Humpty Vission, DJ Irene, Dave Coleman and Sen-Sei, Tony, Jeno, Joey Mazzola, David Garcia, Ron Reeser, Denise, Dyloot, Tom Slik, St. John, Dragn'fly, Polywog featured in the movie "Groove", and has also performed with vocalist Tyler Stone who's unique fusion of sounds has enticed internationally known artists to grace her studio such as Armand Van Helden, Everything But the Girl, Sting and most recently Money B of Digital Underground.

2006 brings change and excitement for Elz! She has parted ways with long time resident Femme Djs in order to be a more creative and unique individual. She recorded a brand new house and breaks hybrid CD called "Dj Elz...In Effect." She also gained a new residency with Late Night Event's upscale Thursday weekly Taste in Danville. And For The Funk Of It has found a new and improved home @ The Shadow Lounge every 3rd Saturday in San Francisco.