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As a student and teacher of history, Robin Foster is well aware that humans have persisted through major hardships as long as they have existed. When faced with the anxious dread many felt at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Foster began seeking stories of tenacious women of the American West who had survived their own hardships in a world that threw the unexpected at them. During one of the most uncertain periods of her life, Foster hit the road, embarking on a journey to find these determined women of the past and finding herself along the way.

In ‘The Silence of the Volcano,’ the author takes the listener through a journey of courage. As a teenager, she left her home in southern Spain with nothing but plastic bags, venturing into the United States, a realm of unknowns. This memoir unfolds as a captivating narrative, blending passion and humor, as an undocumented immigrant navigates the complexities of identity and defies prejudice.

Have you been thinking about a career change? Does the nonprofit sector sound like it might be for you? In Make the Jump: Reinvent Your Career in the Nonprofit Sector, you'll learn what nonprofit executive search leader Marcia Ballinger has figured out after working with hundreds of nonprofit organizations and counseling thousands of executives.