Betsy Small served in the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone (1984-1987). For more than three decades, she has worked with divided communities in the US and abroad, which inspired her to write Before Before: A Story of Discovery and Loss in Sierra Leone. Betsy is an educator, counselor and author. She is the former Executive Director of global peace-building organizations collaborating with teams of peace-builders in Israel, Palestine, Cyprus, and Northern Ireland and West Africa. Before Before is a Nautilus Silver Book Award Winner in the World Cultures’ Transformational Growth and Development category and has been named a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Book of theYear Awards. BetsySmall.com