Eliseo Ceja also know as Eli is the Executive Director for Laredo Stroke Support Group a non-profit provided crucial adaptive therapy to stroke survivors. Eli also serves on the Laredo Border Slam Board of Directors as their Youth Coordinator. Eli first fell in love with spoken word poetry at the age of 13 when he first started going to Laredo Border Slam, since then he has been Slam Champion twice and been on  5 LBS teams. He is also the co-founder of Youth Poets Ignite a spoken word project providing teens with writing workshops and performance opportunities allowing them to express themselves freely.  Eli continues to study and learn more about what life is all about, most recently Eli will be starting a masters program studying Public Health with a concentration on Healthcare Leadership.