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Meet...Vanessa

Name: Vanessa Hill.

Department: Transplant.

Born: Clinton, North Carolina.

Family: Husband, Dean and daughter, Ava, 13.

Favorite movie: “The Color Purple.”

Favorite book: “Who moved my cheese?” by Spencer Johnson.

Favorite TV: “Will and Grace.”

Favorite restaurant: Charleston Chops.

What do you find most rewarding about your job? Seeing first hand the miracle of life through our transplant patients.

Job you have liked the best: TV anchor in Florence and MUSC transplant.

Fantasy dinner guests: Mahatma Gandi, Edward R. Murrow and my mom.

Vehicle that best matches your personality: A convertible for the sense of freedom.

What activities do you like to do in your free time:I love to read and do crafts.

Organizations you belong to: I am a member of AKA. I also work with Junior League and  am on the board of the Gibbes Art Gallery.

Dream vacation: A return trip to Barbados.

Describe a perfect day: I would putter in my yard with my flowers.

Stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? Some matches, a hatchet and my cell phone.

Something people don’t know about you: My name was Hill before I married Dean Hill, so I am Vanessa Hill Hill.

Words of advice/best advice my parents ever gave me: “Live each day to its fullest.”