A stronger real estate experience built for bigger decisions and future flexibility.

MEET THE TEAM

As a Phoenix native, Elissa brings more than two decades of local real estate experience to the CalzaCo team, along with a broad skill set that helps clients navigate a wide range of buying and selling decisions with more confidence. Her background includes resale, luxury real estate, land transactions, VA real estate, and new construction, giving her a well-rounded perspective that is especially valuable for clients weighing multiple paths or priorities.

She also brings a meaningful personal connection to military life through close family ties, which adds to her understanding of the pace, pressure, and decision-making military and relocating families often face. That broader perspective, combined with her market experience, helps Elissa guide clients with steadiness, clear communication, and thoughtful support from start to finish.

For clients, Elissa’s value is not just experience — it is the way she uses that experience to create calmer, more informed decisions in a market that can otherwise feel overwhelming. Her reputation reflects someone who is responsive, capable, and committed to helping clients move forward with clarity.

"Elissa and her team were amazing! The process to sell my house was long due to the market but Elissa called me every (and I mean every) Monday to give me an update. She was patient with all my questions and concerns and worked her booty off get my house sold! As we each were communicating from different states this was never a concern. She offered recommendations and provided input on mine and made me feel at ease throughout the whole process. I’d recommend Elissa and her team to anyone on AZ." - Lesly-Ann Pont

Michelle brings a strong combination of Luke AFB familiarity, bilingual client support, and well-rounded transaction experience to the CalzaCo team. Before moving into real estate full time, she worked on Luke Air Force Base as a Department of Defense civilian, giving her firsthand familiarity with the community and many of the transitions military families navigate when moving to or from the area. She is also fluent in Spanish, which allows her to communicate clearly and directly with clients who prefer to navigate the process in their native language.

In real estate, Michelle has built meaningful experience helping both buyers and sellers move through important decisions with more clarity and confidence. Her work has included well over 100 transactions, and she is especially known for being proactive, responsive, and deeply committed to helping clients understand their options at every stage of the process. That versatility makes her a strong fit for clients who want clear communication, thoughtful guidance, and steady support from beginning to end.

For clients, Michelle’s value is not just her energy or responsiveness — it is the way she combines communication, local context, and real estate experience to make the process feel more informed, more manageable, and better supported on either side of the transaction.

"Michelle was our realtor and i’m so grateful for her! We gave her a list of what we wanted for our first new home and she delivered 🤩 she’s so amazing and sweet! She was very attentive and informative as well. She was always a call or text away from answering all our questions and guided us through the whole process from beginning to end. You can truly see how much she loves her job and clients. We love her! CalzaCo is the way to go! " - Belen Acosta

Ember brings a strong mix of logistics thinking, client care, and detail-oriented support to the CalzaCo team. Licensed since 2020, she has built meaningful experience helping clients move through important decisions with more clarity, preparation, and follow-through. Her background in logistics continues to shape the way she works — piecing together the full picture, identifying what matters most, and helping clients move forward with a thoughtful plan.

She is especially strong in the details that help properties and decisions come together well, from helping sellers prepare a home for the market to helping buyers notice both opportunities and red flags. That combination of attentiveness, warmth, and practical support makes Ember a valuable part of the CalzaCo experience for clients who want to feel informed, cared for, and well-supported throughout the process.

Ember’s role on the team reflects where she brings the most value: helping clients and listings get the attention, preparation, and follow-through that stronger outcomes often depend on. For many clients, that kind of support is what makes the experience feel smoother, more personal, and more manageable from start to finish.

“We worked with Elissa and Ember and were able to sell our home in record time, above listing price. They walked us through every step with care, left no question unanswered, and made selling our home feel effortless.”
— Andrea J.

Julie Calza is the founder of CalzaCo and the strategic force behind the standard the team is known for today. A Marine veteran, Julie served in the Marine Corps as a Signals Analyst in the intelligence field and has also lived military life as the spouse of an Air Force service member through years of active service. She and her husband PCS'd to Luke themselves about 12 years ago, Julie's husband has since retired from Active Duty and Julie has now experienced life as the spouse of an Air Force reservist who works at Luke AFB. Through those experiences, she has lived the realities of over a dozen PCS moves, multiple deployments, countless TDYs, and the long-term decisions that shape a family’s future. 

After serving in the Marine Corps, Julie completed studies through TCU’s Neeley School of Business. That academic foundation, combined with her military background, still shapes the way she thinks about real estate strategy, negotiation, and long-term financial decision-making. It is a core part of what makes the CalzaCo approach different: helping clients think beyond the immediate transaction and make stronger decisions with future flexibility in mind.

Julie founded CalzaCo after seeing how often buyers, sellers, and relocating families were underserved during major real estate decisions — especially military families navigating moves near Luke AFB and across Phoenix’s West Valley. Today, she continues to lead the standard behind how the team serves clients, while the team delivers the communication, follow-through, and execution that create a more aligned and better-supported experience from start to finish.

Julie is also the author of In the Arena: Battle-Tested Strategies to Secure Your Future and has been recognized for both VA loan leadership and broader industry performance. Her work remains centered on the same mission that started CalzaCo: helping people move smarter, with clearer guidance and a stronger long-term plan.

Niki plays a key role in helping the CalzaCo experience feel organized, well-supported, and easier to navigate from contract to close. Before moving into real estate full time, she built her career in pharmaceutical logistics and later used her real estate license part time before stepping fully into the industry about 10 years ago — experience that still shows up in the way she handles details, communication, and follow-through.

Her work is a major part of what makes the team-backed CalzaCo experience different. Niki brings steadiness, responsiveness, and coordination to the moving parts that can otherwise feel overwhelming, helping clients feel more supported and better cared for from start to finish.

That standard of service is one reason Niki has been recognized as a Top Transaction Coordinator in the Valley. For clients, her role is not just about coordination — it is about creating a smoother, more confident experience at a stage where details matter.

“We are incredibly thankful as first time home buyers for the patience, knowledge and support from CalzaCo (Niki & Kristy). They helped us navigate the challenges of buying a home while we lived out of state, explained procedures/policies, were professional and readily available. If you are looking for a realtor who already makes you feel at home, before you have a home, they are the ones for you! Thank you for all you do - we are so grateful for you.” – Emma Whitcomb

Together, the CalzaCo team brings strategic guidance, stronger support, and a more aligned experience to every move.