She planned to be a doctor, but nursing was her passion


Nacanaynay with undernourished children at an MSF therapeutic feeding centre in South Sudan in 2017. — MSF

When I was young, I would always ask my mom for medical toy sets. I had kidney basins and forceps of various colours and sizes, and a couple of stethoscopes.

During playtime, my friends and I would pretend that we were in a hospital; they made up physical complaints that I was to check and cure.

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