How to align columns at top

Hi all!

I’ve got two columns in Elementor, to the left is an image column and to the right is a text column with a lot of words. There is a high differential, the text column is a lot taller than the image. I want both the image and the text to be aligned at the top, so that the top of the image and the top of the text is at the same line. I’ve tried selecting “top” for vertical align for the image widget and the section, but it does nothing, no changes at all. I’ve also tried adding padding to the bottom of the image to make it align, but this causes problems for the mobile view, a very long stretch of empty space between the image and the text. I just want the image and text to align at the top for PC view… and it’s driving me crazy. A visual screenshot is here https://ibb.co/T2Yb8Ns I don’t understand why Elementor makes it so hard to align something, which should be simple to do. Can anyone help me?