Leo Elias

Leo Elias is LEDC’s Housing Education & Financial Empowerment Manager, DC. In that role, he assists in educating and organizing tenants, providing general case management and referral services for all tenants in need of assistance, and advocating for affordable housing policies that benefit low-income renters. Leo has been volunteering and working for nonprofit organizations since 2015, beginning with the Latino Student Fund. For the past two years, he coordinated the College Prep Program at the Latino Student Fund in where he supported 11th and 12th-grade students on a pathway to college and a potential career. Prior to the Latino Student Fund, he was the Activities Manager at Education First (EF) International Language Campuses in Washington, DC. Leo holds an associate degree from Montgomery College in International Studies. He enjoys spending time caring for his plants, traveling abroad, and practicing different languages in his free time.