About the Coauthor

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Shelly L. Francis has been the marketing and communications director at the Center for Courage & Renewal since mid-2012. Before coming to the Center, Shelly directed trade marketing and publicity for multimedia publisher Sounds True, Inc. Her career has spanned international program management, web design, corporate communications, trade journals, and software manuals. The common thread has been bringing to light “best-kept secrets”—technology, services, resources, ideas—while bringing people together to facilitate collective impact and good work. Shelly is the author of Damocles’ Wife, her memoir on cancer caregiving and long-term survival.