Meet your neighbor

Name: Jody Malsam

Age: 46

Hometown: Coeur d’Alene

Occupation: Treatment coordinator for Jaeger/Curtis orthodontics. She has worked for the doctors for 14 years, and her favorite thing is helping people have a great smile.

Family: Jody has two children. Her daughter, Jalyn, 22, lives in Minnesota, and her son, Blake, 19, is a student at Whitworth College. Her father, John, resides in Post Falls.

Drives: a Ford Taurus.

Favorite color: Red.

Favorite movie: “Bennie and Joon”

Favorite music: All kinds.

Favorite eats: Jody likes all kinds of foods and enjoys cooking, especially making soups from scratch. For the Thanksgiving holiday, she will cook for her family at her home.