She inherited from them a keen mind and a gentle heart. I decided to become a nun. She applied to Maryknoll but was turned down because of sinus troubles. That was in 1960. Since then, Ahrens has taught high school students in Hawaii, earned her doctorate from Fordham University in New York, lived among Muslims in Indonesia, traveled the world as the Sisters' CEO , and now hustles money for Cambodian education.
Every year is better than the one before.