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Meet...Peggy Name: Peggy Willis. Department: Children’s Hospital, medical social worker. Family: Husband, David; daughters, Sara and Elizabeth; son, Charles. Favorite place to hang out: My house on Friday night watching old movies with a big bowl of popcorn. Least favorite chore: Mopping. Ingredient you must have in your refrigerator: Diet Coke. Pet peeve: Lack of courtesy. Who guided your choice of pursuing a health care profession: Janice Sakash, a wonderful social worker and friend. Activities in your free time: Baking, going to hockey games, and reading to my son every night (we’re on the last Harry Potter book in the series). Biggest challenge: Staying optimistic in a profession that is often stressful. Your idea of a perfect vacation: Any place near the water. Most rewarding thing about your job: Those Kodak moments when I’ve really connected with someone or feel that I’ve made a difference. Something people don’t know about you: As empty nesters, my husband and I adopted a 12-year old boy three years ago. Favorite quote: “In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.”—Dorothea Dix, (1802-1887) the social worker who initated the mental health movement in the United States.     Friday, March 31, 2006 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island papers at 849-1778, ext. 201.