Age: 33
Married?: Nope!
Obsessed with?: My dog, Luke and my nephew, Oliver
Previous life: High School teacher (chem, bio, sex ed), Infectious Disease researcher, State Syphilis Epidemiologist to the CDC, firefighter, lifeguard
Education: BA Political Science 2002 @ University of San Diego
Post-Bac Pre-Med Program @Harvard in 2003
Masters Degree: Public Health & Tropical Medicine 2007
Med School: NOW!!! M.D. candidate class of 2013 (school undisclosed)
I AM....
Medical Student (4th year)
Francophile
Oliver's Aunt
Foodie
Epidemiologist
Pensive thinker
Emergency Room junkie
Obsessive about my (really) old Jeep
Collector of designer shoes
Anthropologie fanatic (seriously)
Photographer
Northern Californian
Teacher
Free Spirit
Autonomous
Out of the Box Thinker
Researcher
Former firefighter
Resistant to Authority
World traveler (but so far only Italy, Brazil, Japan, Colombia, and like a day in Mexico and Argentina)
Curious on all levels
Interested in Malaria
Wanna-be Chef
Interior designer
Lover of all things fabulous... Including...
Travel, Medicine, Johannesburg Riesling, orange peonies, The Delachaise Wine Bar, Napa Valley, veggie gardens, Tiffany celebration rings, Shiraz and Muscat, Brazil, Bubbles, Italy, France, Greece, Sequins, Chocolate espresso beans, New Zealand, Seda France Japanese Quince candles, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Red Tent, I know this much is true, The Kiterunner, Matisse, Van Gogh, Picasso, Brazilian cut panties, Parakeets, Orchids, Chris Bianco’s arugula white pizza, Photography, Anthropologie, Fine Linens and Pillows, silk, Buddha, brocade, textures, Duck, Lobster, Mache with feta and grape tomatoes, Isabel Allende, Key Lime Martinis, Chopin and Mozart, Convertible Audis, Tahiti Sweetie, China Pear Candles, Diamonds from Tiffany’s, solitaires, square cuts, Bookclubs, Hammocks, swimming pools, waterfalls and pina coladas, Sideways, American Beauty, Maria Full of Grace, Shawshank Redemption, Crash, Backpacking in Europe, Coconut, Guarana, Papaya, Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Argentina, Spain, Thailand, Czechoslovakia, Malaria, trauma, infectious disease, Dale Chihuly, Hillary Clinton, The Brazilian Amazon, Snow Skiing, Salsa Dancing, My raspberry IPOD and my IBOOK, Christian Louboutin and Manolo Blahnik, Laundry, Theory, Tahari, Kate Spade, BCBG, Michael Kors, Marc Jacobs, Virology, Oil Pastels, Clay, Charcoal, Cherokees and Wranglers, Natural Hot Springs, Dale Tiffany, Fois gras, Almond Roca, Baked Brie, Nutella, Asiago and Green Apples, Very hot bubble baths and Jacuzzis, Brazilian chopp, Coffee and espresso and cappuccino, coconut cupcakes, Tiramisu, Red Velvet Cake, Pineapple Upsidedown cake, Yoga class, Herbsaint, The Salt Cellar, Chart House, Rollerblading, Heineken, Hiking to waterfalls and pools, Yellow Labs, hound dogs and Puggles, High heels and Uggs, Anthropologie, Sex and the City, Bebel Gilberto, Norah Jones, Damian Rice, Nat, Ella, Nina, Frank, James Taylor, Designing clothes that I will never make, Pocahontas, the blue beads and the white feathers, Lilacs and applebutter from Julian, Kayaking, Orange bubble bread from the breadmaker, Persian ice-cream with saffron, rose and pistachios, Pierce Brosnan, Clive Owen, Colin Firth, Peppermint body spray after yoga class, Dinner and drinks and walks on the boardwalk, San Diego, New York, San Francisco, Miami and Chicago, iphones, anything Atomic Tangerine and Curtis the take home chef
