Chandra Lye, CTV Edmonton Published Sunday, January 4, 2015 2:16PM MST Last Updated Sunday, January 4, 2015 6:30PM MST

An Edmonton woman is heading to West Africa to help in the fight against Ebola.

Laura Keegan left Sunday as a delegate with the Red Cross, something she said brought up many emotions for her.

I am excited because I am ready to go. I am ready to help. Nervous because I dont really know everything about what Ill be doing.

Just knowing the reality of what I am going to is nerve racking but knowing that I can help, hopefully, makes me feel like I am doing the right thing.

Keegan will be based in Kenema, Sierra Leone for a month offering psychological support.

It is a dire time for them but there is always resilience and hope in that.

I am looking forward to celebrating survivals and helping them move forward with a sense of hope for the future.

Skills that she uses in her day-to-day work at HIV Edmonton will come in handy, she explained.

I do a lot of behaviour and communicating around stigma and discrimination and that will be very similar.

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Edmonton woman heads to Africa to help battle Ebola