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As correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports, after more than a decade later Katie has been so devoted to her work that she refused to leave even when Ebola struck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhat defines you the most is what you do despite your fear,\u201d says Katie Meyler, a 34-year-old American from suburban New Jersey who was working in Liberia in the midst of extreme poverty when Ebola struck. Now she runs a growing network of schools for girls and says, \u201cNobody chooses Liberia. Liberia chooses you. 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