The Maine nurse who defied quarantine restrictions after being around patients with Ebola in Sierra Leone says she is concerned as to how she will be received by the public once her quarantine ends.

Kaci Hickox plans to celebrate with her boyfriend by going out to eat; a typical date, but it will not be a typical celebration. Monday marks the 21st day since Hickox had contact with a patient with Ebola, which is the end of the incubation period for the virus and means her quarantine will be over.

Hickox, 33, openly protested being placed under quarantine as soon as she landed in New Jersey from Sierra Leone on Oct. 24. New Jersey allowed the nurse to complete her journey home to Maine, where she was advised to remain at home though she was not showing symptoms of the virus and took two blood tests that were negative for the disease.

But Hickox chose not to comply with a voluntary quarantine, and went on a bike ride with her boyfriend Ted Wilber. This sparked the attention of the governor of Maine, Paul LePage, who instituted a court order for her to stay indoors.

On Friday, Wilber withdrew from the nursing program at the University of Maine at Fort Kent because he said he was being mistreated by classmates. The last straw was that the school leadership ignored the situation and refused to warn the students their conduct would not be tolerated.

Hickox and Wilber will be leaving Maine to start a new life.

Hickox was working with the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders while in Sierra Leone. According to the Associated Press, she said, “I’d return to Sierra Leone in a heartbeat.”