Hey y’all! My name is Elise and I use she/her pronouns. I am from San Antonio, Texas, but I moved to Columbus in 2022 to apprentice in body piercing. My fascination with piercing began later than most—just a few years ago when I was studying in Spain—but it quickly grabbed ahold of me and now I can’t think of anything else. I have been working in the piercing industry for about two years now, and I am so excited to finally settle down and dedicate my time to becoming a piercer. Every day I come to work and wonder how in the world I managed to surround myself with such incredible peers and mentors. I am living the dream!

Piercing is just one of my many passions. I also have a BA in creative writing and Spanish, so you might catch me jotting down a poem or translating short stories (ask me about my work with Juan José Arreola). I consider myself a learning-aficionado, and I would love to hear your longest, juiciest info-dumps. I balance my time away from the studio by curating a personal collection of clown and sloth (and clown sloth) art. Oh! And I also have an aquarium which is home to my most prized companions: five fish, two snails, and several aquatic plants.