Sheena Ashdown founded the Africa Village Project Association in 2007 to help alleviate poverty in a village in Tanzania. She is the author of 101 Ways to Market Yourself: A Fast and Easy Guide for Real Estate Agents and 101 Ways to Improve Your Self-Esteem: A Fast and Easy Guide for Very Busy People. How to Adopt a Village in Africa is her third book.
When she's not writing and doing charitable work, she reads voraciously and enjoys keeping fit. Sheena lives on Bowen Island, B.C., with her husband Dale and their cat Night Star.