RUTH ELLERY, medical student.
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BASICS—
full name: ruth minturn ellery
birthday: march twenty third
age: twenty eight
pronouns: she/her
zodiac sign: aries
birthplace: sweet springs, missouri
current residence: manhattan, new york
height: 5′4”
hair color: brown
eye color: brown
sexuality: pansexual
romantic preference: panromantic
relationship status: single
languages known: english, latin, spanish
years at the wexley: five pre-outbreak
PERSONALITY—
ruth’s confidence in her abilities comes from years and years of hard work and training. that doesn’t mean that she’s not annoying when she explains for the third time that yes she can do something with her eyes closed, and yes in fact she does know the right answer to the problem. she still hasn’t managed to turn off the competitiveness that she instilled within herself, it might even be worse now that she’s found herself in a life and death situation where her skills do make all the difference. it comes across as arrogant because it is arrogant. she graduated high school at seventeen with her associates degree already done, why shouldn’t she be. there’s no small amount of luck that factors into these things, but she will not accept anything other than the acknowledgement of her diligence and commitment to her studies.
but that doesn’t mean that she’s not sometimes pleasant to be around. on the days that she’s not working and the specter of her career isn’t hanging over her head ruth can be actually charming to be around. she loves to exchange stories and talk about her mom. having worked for everything in her life, she’s easily empathetic to other people’s struggles. her apartment could be a social hub on her days off, and she channeled the continued energy into the people of the wexley, offering support however she could.
NOTABLE SKILLS—
phd training (the mayo clinic, rochester MN)
biomedical research associated lab abilities her phd program had mandatory classes including but not limited to: immunology, bioengineering, pharmacology, and neuroscience
md training (columbia university, new york NY)
trauma surgery emergency medical intake she has completed all medical rotations and so is also proficient in: internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, neurology, obstetrics, and psychiatry to varying degrees.
HEADCANONS—
she’d been cutting her own hair since high school as a way to save a few dollars. she had a little cosmetology kit that contained different combs and scissors for when she needed a fresh trim. she's happy to take a few inches of hair off of anyone who needs a freshening up.
despite a tough relationship at the outset, she and her mom were actually extremely close before the outbreak. they talked on the phone often, and facetimed at least once a week. it’s been incredibly difficult knowing the pressures her mom must be under now that they’re disconnected and she cannot help.
in her time off she was very involved in the NYC avante garde art scene. the more abstract, the better when it came to canvases and film reels alike. it was always her hobby to go to gallery openings and shows, dragging along an unsuspecting victim so that she could interpret the art for them. if she’d had more time in this life, she could have seen herself as an artist, but it simply wasn’t meant to be.
