Louis Children’s Hospital. After receiving her nursing degree from the Jewish College of Nursing, Shannon worked for several years on labor and delivery units. Two years ago, she accepted a position with the FCC, working with families who are going through exceptionally difficult pregnancies. The Wilsons were among her first families. Aliyah, featured in the first episode of this season of The Frontline for Hope, was born without a portion of her skull, a condition no child had previously survived. As Shannon explains in From the Bedside, however, knowing her family, no one is surprised Aliyah has beaten the odds.