About ME

Margarita Elizondo, is a motivational speaker, founder of Rolling With Me, model, dancer, and writer. She was paralyzed in 2006 and began speaking in churches and schools shortly after her injury. In 2013 she was crowned Ms. Wheelchair California 2013 and in 2019 she was crowned Mi Modelo Especial. Margarita has used her titles as a platforms to educate the public on the importance of fully including individuals with disabilities in our communities by breaking down physical and perceptual barriers. 

Dance as her therapy has helped her regain range of motion in upper extremities and lyrical dance taught her emotional expression through movement. She was a dancer before her injury and discovered wheelchair dance after her injury through San Diego Wheelchair Dancers Organization. In 2016 she learned lyrical dance through choreographer Tam Warner. Margarita now travels the country as an Abilities Expo Ambassador sharing her love for dance. 

Margarita is the author of a children’s book serie, Rolling With Me & Friends which teaches children disability etiquette through fun stories. Her writing has also been published in various publications including:

Abilities Expo, The Buzz

Wheel:Life.org

Mobil Womens 

For fun Margarita enjoys spending time in church and with her three children and three granddaughters.