Virginia McGowanVirginia McGowan PhD is a solopreneur who has mentored and been mentored for more than thirty years in private business, academia, applied research, and federal government circles. The architect of a successful evidence-based business mentoring progrm for women entrepreneurs in Prince Edward Island, Canada, she is a mentor with the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and is a certified mentoring program manager. Virginia is a well-published author, speaker, and adult educator, a member of Editors Canada, the Society for Editors and Proofreaders, and the International Mentoring Association; a professional-level member of Professional Writers Association of Canada; and an Adjunct Associate Professor (Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine). She has published extensively on recovery and healing from addictions, the criminal justice system, violent extremism, and diversity issues, as well as how community-based mentoring builds resiliency among women entrepreneurs and their communities. Virginia has authored and edited white papers, research reports, grant proposals, and guidelines; is a sought-after trainer speaker for business start-ups and mentoring programs; and blogs on mentoring the solopreneur and writing of non-fiction. Her complete CV and list of publications can be found on her LinkedIn site: https: //www.linkedin.com/in/virginiamcgowanphd/ Virginia lives in Prince Edward Island, Canada, with her husband and mischievous Havanese who managed to not eat the manuscript--yet! Read More Read Less