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Meet...Nalini

Name: Nalini Indira Mayroo.

Department: Biochemistry.

How long at MUSC: 3 years.

Best thing about working at MUSC: The staff and faculty are so personal and courteous.

Hometown: My family is from West Coast Demerare, Guyana.

What languages do you speak: Only English. Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America.

Favorite local places to eat: Southend Brewery and Miyabi.

What did you want to be when you were a child: An astronaut. Stars were fascinating to me for a long as I can remember.

Three things that best describes you: Open-minded, but enigmatic and ability to stay calm in chaotic situations.

Something people don't know about you: I am of British nationality, ethnically Indian, but I grew up in the Caribbean.

Ingredients you must have in your refrigerator: Eggs, milk and a lot of fruit.

Something you collect: Pennies and Care Bears.

Accomplishment of which you are most proud: Becoming a member of such a great lab.

Favorite childhood memory: Going to the beach almost every weekend when we lived in the Virgin Islands, coming home, taking a bath and eating warm custard my mother made.
   

Friday, Oct. 19, 2007
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