Sister Maria Elena Berini (born 9 December 1944) is an Italian Catholic nun, and mission worker.

She won an International Women of Courage Award in 2018.

[1] She entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Jeanne-Antide Thouret.

In 2007, her congregation sent her to the Central African Republic.

[1] In 2017, she provided refuge at her Catholic mission, when rebels attacked Bocaranga.