She struck up a close friendship with Desiree during the week of rehearsals.
Bloggers Stephanie Zvan and Maria Walters (aka Masala Skeptic), along with radio host Desiree Schell, led a session discussing how to reach both "geeks" and "non-geeks" with the same information.
The medicine was provided by a sweet little waitress and her name was Desiree.
Her name is Desiree Alves and she's from Florida.