Meet Elvira

Disclaimer: Elvira writes exclusively on elvirastudios.com. She has no social media.

Elvira (pronounced El-vee-ra) is a minister, storyteller and businesswoman from Germany.

She fell in love with storytelling early in life, writing songs and poems from the age of seven at her childhood home in the heart of Africa but without much more to it at the time. She later launched a blog at age sixteen sharing her hobbies with niche audiences worldwide.

Everything changed two years later when Elvira embarked on a journey to Germany alone, leaving behind family and the comfort of home, in pursuit of a better education, and hope for a better future.

The gruelling years that followed this decision saw her fighting tooth and nail to sponsor herself through life and an engineering degree, whilst supporting her loved ones - yet never letting her eyes wander too far away from her pen.

It was in 2021 that Elvira received her call to ministry in an encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ. Her life would never be the same after that.

After a completed education and several years spent climbing up the corporate ladder, in January 2022 Elvira was instructed by the Lord to quit her job to become a full-time entrepreneur. She took up the role as CEO of the business she co-founded with her sister shortly before the COVID lockdowns in February 2020.

Navigating the freedom and risks that came with her newly found entrepreneurial lifestyle and undergoing radical spiritual growth in Christ was the epiphany she needed to throw herself into her passion for telling stories. She published her first book that summer.

The challenge of writing and self-publishing her first body of work was a turning point in Elvira's journey as a storyteller. For the first time, she felt like she was no longer a mere dilettante but a true practitioner of the art. The draft of her first screenplay was underway shortly after.

In early 2023, it was whilst gearing up to submit her work at screenwriting competitions that the idea for The Studio was born. An idea that Elvira knew would make her path narrower and her journey longer, yet was the only one that was right for her.

Whilst her businesses flourished throughout 2023, it was not until 2024 that the Lord allowed for her idea for The Studio to come to fruition as a ministry for the Kingdom of God, with a larger vision and a bigger mission to impact the world.

The Studio officially launched on April 2024 at elvirastudios.com.

Today, Elvira spends her days writing and developing the vision for this ministry with her husband, and her free time enjoying life's little pleasures with her loved ones. She is currently studying to become a lawyer.