Dining Services Staff -- Who Are We?

Get to know us!

We asked each member of our Management Team the SAME questions... how did they answer? See below!

Laura Elainea Martin-Baxley

Title: Cash Operations Manager / UC Production Manager

Years at UNC: 11 years

Years in foodservice: 24 years

Birthplace: Phoenix, AZ

Town you live in now: Greality!

Education: Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management

Get to know ME!

The best part of my job: It's never the same, and I love being around the students!

The first job I ever had was: Cashier and food prep at a roller skating rink!

The strangest job I’ve ever had was: Being a mother!

If I weren’t in food service: I would be either an Interior Designer or a Travel Agent!

My refrigerator always contains: Grapefruit juice and apples.

My favorite meal is: Lunch - because I don't have to cook when I'm at work!

The best restaurant I’ve ever eaten at was: Kyoto Japanese in Scottsdale AZ

People tell me the celebrity I most resemble is: I can't remember her name!

In my spare time, I like to: Travel, read and shop!

People are often most surprised to find out that I: Had black and white checkerboard hair in high school!

The living person I’d most like to have dinner with is: Mike Myers.

The person from history I’d most like to meet is: Jesus.

My favorite movie is: Pay it Forward.

On television I never miss: I don't have time for T.V.

My car radio is almost always tuned to: 89.7 Way-FM.

I would most like to visit: Europe - all of it!

Five things I can’t live without: Coffee, my three kids, and my husband!

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