Almeida, Briana M: 

 

n, pl:  Almeidas [al' mi : da : z]

 

(Arts & Literature / Unorthodox Illustration & Writing) In Savannah, a words-painter with "nereid" tattooed across the collarbone, who writes, creates, and starves,  from 1991-present.  

 

[BFA via SCAD from Boston; from Cape Verde & St. Lucia]

 

 

Nereid:

 

n, pl: Nereides [nəˈriːəˌdiːz]

 

(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend): In Greek myth any of the 50 sea nymphs who were the daughters of the sea god Nereus.

 

[via Latin from Greek Nērēid, from Nereus; compare Latin nāre to swim]