Dr. Nadia Phaïmyr Jean-Charles is dead, murdered, stabbed to death in her private residence in Delmas 75. Everything—absolutely everything—about the announcement contrasts with Dr. Jean-Charles's personality. Her life was enchanting, smiling, energetic, and passionate, almost to the point of naivety.

A member of the first graduating class of the Faculty of Medicine at Notre-Dame University of Haiti, she completed a Master’s in Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology in Belgium. Upon returning to Haiti, she began working with the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2012.