Elianna Boswell

Common Good Program Manager

Elianna is a facilitator and political educator based in Philadelphia. Born and raised in the desert mountains of New Mexico and nurtured by a small, but vibrant Jewish community, Elianna has always been fascinated by the stories we tell about ourselves and our pasts. Determined to better understand the legacy of traumatic pasts in her own community and others, Elianna studied the history of colonialism and nationalism in undergrad and the Holocaust and genocide studies in her master's. As a political educator, Elianna works to steward the process of healing from these pasts and building more integrated, inclusive, and imaginative futures. Before relocating to Philly at the beginning of 2024, Elianna was living and working in Jerusalem, organizing grassroots Jewish-Palestinian solidarity. During her time there, she served as the Educational Director of Achvat Amim, an educational and movement-building platform engaged in critical learning and justice work. When she's not facilitating workshops, you can find her hiking in Philadelphia’s Wissahickon with her bassador (basset hound/labrador) Gertrude or curling up to indulge in the showstopping delights of the Great British Bake Off.