Meet...Elena
Name: Elena Bell.
Department:
Ambulatory Care Social Work/Hollings Cancer Center clinics.
How long at MUSC: 3 years, but I put in 12 years before.
City you were born: Brooklyn, New York.
Family: Husband, Alex, who teaches at Trident Technical College, and our 18-year-old son.
Currently reading: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enrichment by Eckhart Tolle.
Favorite section of a newspaper: The food section—I love to cook.
Least favorite chore: Cleaning house. Anybody want the job?
Fond childhood memory: Jumping over a brook in Brooklyn Botanical Gardens with cherry blossoms all around with my parents and sisters.
Biggest challenge at work: Finding resources (money and services) to help cancer patients and their families. Cancer is an expensive disease, even if you have health insurance. There's not a lot of help out there.
Something people don't know about you: I have a twin sister who lives in California. We have a very special bond.
How do you stay fit:
NIA at the wellness center. I need to do more, but this is a beginning.
I also love walking on the beach.
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