Nurse Without Boundaries" to speak April 9

SALISBURY, MD---An American nurse who works in some of world’s hot spots shares her moving stories at Salisbury University Wednesday, April 9, at 8 p.m. in the Guerrieri University Center’s Wicomico Room. “Nurse Without Boundaries” Mary Lightfine has lived and worked in Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, Kosovo and many other countries, often based in some of the most hellish locations on earth.

After working as a registered nurse in emergency rooms, the admitted adrenalin junkie decided to join the International Medical Corps and Doctors Without Borders. Lightfine said that decision changed her life.

She was in Afghanistan during heavy fighting and was forced to traverse the mountains teeming with land mines. She can tell stories about Mogadishu before the U.S. military lost its Black Hawk helicopter in 1993. Lightfine has been ambushed, shot at, robbed and delivered babies in the jungle. She has seen the best and worst of humanity and can speak about world affairs as witnessed from behind the headlines.

In 1999, Lightfine was among distinguished members of Doctors Without Borders to be honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. She has also been nominated as a lecturer of the year by Campus Activities magazine.

Lightfine’s lecture is free and the public is invited. For more information, call the Office of Cultural Affairs and Museum Program at 410-543-6271.