Elisha Maldonado currently serves as the Director of Communications at the Human Rights Foundation since November 2022 and has been a Senior Fellow at the Independent Women's Forum since December 2018. Previous roles include Media Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies from March 2022 to March 2023, Assistant Editor at the Daily Mail from June 2022 to November 2022, and Associate Editorial Page Editor at the New York Post from August 2013 to June 2022. Elisha also contributed as an Associate Editor for Bitter Winter, focusing on human rights and religious freedom, and served as Opinion Page Editor at International Business Times. Additional experiences include being an Opinion Contributor for America's Future Foundation Doublethink Magazine, a Contract Editor at Hudson Institute, and a Freelance Reporter for The Heartland Institute. Elisha holds a degree from San Jose State University.