Elizama De Oliveira was born in Brighton, MA. And grew up almost everywhere on the east coast, She currently is located in Belmont MA.

 She is currently pursuing her BFA in Photography at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

Her projects focus on self-portraiture and the ideas of faith, memory and family. The relationship between being the subject and the photographer. She mainly works with 35 mm film but also is experimenting with a large format film camera.