Meet...Susana
Name: Susana Leonor
Comte-Walters.
Department:
Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental
Therapeutics.How long at MUSC: 3 years.
Where you were born: Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Family: Husband, Fred; Pets, Heidi (English Springer Spaniel) and Wiggy (our very talkative cat).
Least favorite chore: By all means, ironing.
Favorite dish: Empanadas salteñas (spicy beef turnovers from the Salta region of Argentina).
Fondest Hispanic tradition observed in your home: Christmas Eve Dinner and Vigil. It is traditional in Argentina to get together with family and friends on Christmas Eve, have dinner (in many cases, outdoors, since Christmas in Argentina is celebrated in the summer), and wait for midnight to celebrate the birth of Christ. My husband and I have kept this tradition with friends in the Charleston area.
Bad habit: I eat too much chocolate.
Pet peeve: To wait in line or latecomers.
Your idea of a perfect vacation: At the beach in Edisto Island or at the beach in Pinamar (on the South Atlantic Coast of Argentina).
Most rewarding thing about your job: At the Mass Spectrometry Core Laboratory where I work, we apply state-of-the-art technology for protein identification and quantitation to biological samples. Keeping up with new application software and instrumentation, and being able to provide a service that may lead to further understanding of a disease is both challenging and rewarding.
Three things that mean a lot to you: Family, faith, and freedom.
Friday, Sept. 23, 2005
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