Doris McGillan, artist and missionary created Heritage Designs’ Ethnic Dolls.  She is a self – taught artist who majored in business at Indiana University.  She has traveled the globe acquiring a vast reservoir of culture and spiritual knowledge. Each doll is dressed in luxurious, authentic African fabric and conveys the rhythm and movement of the culture represented.  The distinct music and power of African rhythms inspire the flow of the attire and body position. She has numerous awards including juried status - PA Guild of Craftsmen; Art and Culture Award 1993 – The National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc.; The Ben Award (Best Entrepreneur) – Chester County Chamber of Commerce, 1996; Inducted into the Leo Moss Black Doll Hall of Fame, 1998; commissioned to design a collection for First Lady Hilary Clinton, 2000; featured in the Craft Report Journal, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Prime Time Television, 1998, 1999 and 2000.