She now lives in Budapest with her husband and school-aged daughters. Dr. Jókay prides herself on offering extensive anticipatory guidance and health education in addition to compassionate urgent care.

Her hobbies include scouting, scrap-booking and gardening. She speaks both English and Hungarian with native fluency. Dr. Jókay is board certified in Pediatrics and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

1. When did you arrive in Hungary and what brought you here?
Relocating to Hungary was meant to be a family adventure, a cultural enrichment program. Although my background is Hungarian , when my husband and I moved to Budapest 3 years ago, we were in for lots of surprises. Speaking the language has, surprisingly, been both an advantage and a disadvantage. Imagine being able to understand all the comments made about you!

2. Have you ever been an expatriate elsewhere?
This is our family's first international move, but we are not expatriates, as we came "at our own risk", and on our own pocketbooks.

3. What surprised you most about Hungary?
Our most pleasant surprise in Budapest has been the ease with which one can take vacation after amazing vacation. The day to day grind, however, is accomplished with much more toil than in Chicago. Interestingly, there is no Hungarian translation for the word "convenience".

4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend-what must they absolutely see and do?
The view from János hegy is splendid and the chair-lift up is fun for all ages.

5. What is your favourite Hungarian food?
We find fresh fruits and vegetables so much more tasty here than in the States.

6. What food from home do you miss the most?
If there was one food I could import, it would be Chicago-style deep-dish pizza.

7. What is never missing from your kitchen?
Fat free milk.

8. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?
I am blessed in that I love my job as a pediatrician: every day is full of smiling children and challenging cases. If I was forced into a career change, my second love is teaching. (Children, again!)

9. What's a job you would definitely never want?
The worst job I can think of is being a paper-pushing bureaucrat in a Hungarian State institution.

10. Where did you spend your last vacation?
I spent all of July in Chicago: catching up with friends, taking a continuing medical education course, shopping and letting my mom spoil me. It was delicious.

11. Where do you hope to spend your next one?
Rural Transylvania is next on our list of places to visit.

12. What was your favourite band, film, or hobby as a teen?
As a teenager, I spent a lot of time scouting: organizing events, teaching and enjoying the great outdoors.

13. What can't you resist?
Golden retriever puppies, juicy thighs on a 6 month old baby, fudge brownies, being outside on a sunny autumn afternoon.

14. Red wine or white?
I don't care for the taste of wine. If I must drink, bring on the Bailey's Irish Cream.

15. Decaf or regular?
Neither, though I love the smell of Starbucks coffee.

16. Book or movie?
I love epic sagas, emotional, turbulent multi-generational stories: be they cinematized or in print.

17. Morning person or night person?
Definitely morning: I go to bed earlier than my pre-teen daughters.

18. Dog person or cat person?
No question: I am a canine lover.

19. Buda side or Pest side?
Give me rolling hills over flat concrete any day.

20. What would you say is your personal motto?
Collect fond memories, good friends, interesting experiences and help others do the same.