In the winter of 2014-2015, I traveled with a colleague, Brian Castner, to Liberia to cover the Ebola outbreak. During our coverage, Brian interviewed Sister Barbara Brillant, F.M.M., the dean of Mother Patern College of Health Sciences in Monrovia.

When Brian and I returned to the States following our coverage, I kept thinking about the dedicated Liberian medical professionals, teachers and the nuns who worked with such relentless courage and limited supplies to help those suffering and dying from Ebola.