Based in Israel and the Palestinian territories, Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia, she covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Lebanon-Israel war, the Iraq war, Colombia's conflict, Haiti's 2004 political crisis, Haiti's 2010 earthquake and Central American migration through Mexico to the United States. She also covered Rio de Janeiro's carnival and Athens Summer Olympics.
Eliana worked as El Tiempo’s photo correspondent in Cuba between 2012 and 2015, and is now an independent photographer.