a. elise hardy

occupation: health educator

residence: silver spring, maryland

summary: originally from the san francisco bay area, a. elise has been a part of our nation’s capitol scene since the mid 80’s. for her day job, she’s involved in non-profit work related to preventing youth from starting smoking tobacco products and helping folks who wish to quit. collecting barbie’s has been a creative passion for a. elise for 20 plus years, and she really got hooked on to ooak fashion dolls with her first purchase of 1996 miss swaziland. twenty more ninimomo’s have followed – and there’s still room for more!