ELF is a nonprofit that focuses on education, community building, and content that empowers underserved communities and working with authors. Empowering Latino Futures, formerly Latino Literacy Now, was founded in 1997 as a 501c3 and is a goal-driven organization focusing on education, community building and content issues affecting underserved communities and working with authors. Latino Literacy Now is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in North San Diego County. The mission of the organization is to promote literacy in the community in all forms: reading, educational, financial, health, and community awareness. We strive to achieve this through partnerships with appropriate other organizations as well as with our own programs. To date, over one million people have been involved in some way with the organization’s programs which are divided among two main program areas: Author Programs, and Education and Literacy Programs.