Elsa Patton (known as "Mama Elsa") made her television debut as a featured recurring personality on The Real Housewives of Miami when the series premiered in 2011 alongside her daughter, Marysol Patton. A prominent Miami socialite and self-described spiritual advisor, she leveraged her breakout popularity to star in her own 2012 Bravo spin-off web series, Havana Elsa, which documented the launch of her specialty coffee line.