or drinking mojitos, but it's definitely a city that pushes you, man. all the aspects that you need to actually create a song, an album, do art, you have them here in miami. - that's the magic, right there. after years of writing her own music and performing in bars around the city, elena began to make a living as a writer for some of the biggest latin acts in the business. 'cause you're a lyricist. you write music and the lyrics. - yes. - both. - and production. - and production. and produce. - yeah. - wow, that's incredible. - i just love music, man. - so far, elena has written or co-written over 90 songs for tons of latinx stars, including jennifer lopez and maluma... [jennifer lopez and maluma's "pa'ti"] - selena gomez... [selena gomez's "de una vez"] - even daddy yankee and marc anthony. ["de vuelta pa' la vuelta"] - i have always talked about my big references. jennifer lopez, marc anthony. - yes. - marc hates it when i say it, but i'm like, "yo, marc. "you are a big reason of why a lot of people from my generation do what we do." - yeah, yeah.