Elaine Lombardi is married 43 years, the mother of four children and a devoted grandmother. Her career background has been in early childhood education as a former preschool teacher and director of education. She is currently a board Certified Holistic Health Coach and established author of health and wellness self-help articles and books. She was inspired to write her first children's book Big Teddy Bear: The colorful new arrivals from watching the joy her late Aunt Gloria Grasso got from writing children's stories and her late mother Lucille Perrin who encouraged her to pursue publishing her stories. Elaine resides with her husband Michael in the Orange County area of Southern California.