Name: Cecelia Markov Nickname: CeCe Age: 45 Spouse: Andrei Markov, PhD Children: Alexandra (17), James (14), Isabella (10) and Catherine (7) Occupation: OB-GYN

Physical Description

Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 120
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown

Distinguishing Marks: None

Hobbies:Reading poetry, gardening, walks on the beach, baking, especially anything chocolate, yoga

Psychological Background: CeCe comes from a poor background, which is why she doesn't take for granted anything she has. She's worked hard for everything she has. She tends to be maternal to anyone so much as a year younger than her.

Personality Quirks: She does yoga every morning for an hour and every night for an hour. It's her way of unwinding. She'll bake at the drop of a hat and has been known to commander the hospital kitchen for just such a purpose.

History: CeCe is the only one in her family born in America, she was a happy accident three years after her parents and four older siblings arrived from Italy. They settled in an immigrant neighborhood, where Italian was spoken more than English. Except at home, where her parents were insistent that they all learn to be fluent in the language of the land.

This helped tremendously at school, where she and her siblings surprised all their teachers with their grasp of the English language. She thought at first she'd be a writer, but soon found herself drawn to more humanitarian endeavors. She volunteered in local soup kitchens and at women's shelters, where she helped deliver a baby at the age of thirteen (an unexpected event that wouldn't wait for an ambulance).

Her parents worked overtime to send their kids to college, and between that and scholarships, they all managed to go. CeCe went on to medical school, where she met her husband, who was the psychiatric attending on her psych rotation. They denied their attraction to each other until her rotation was over, when she took the initiative and asked him out. They married three months later, a marriage none said would last. But twenty years later, and four children later, they're going as strong as ever as he practices out of his home, and she practices obstetrics and gynecology at the local hospital.

Special Notes: She speaks English, Italian and Russian