Ayesha Gibson-Gill is a Barbadian cultural sector entrepreneur, creative producer, actor, writer, stage and audio director, literary development consultant, tour-guide, sometime vocalist, and full-time mother. She has been a long standing member of the Central Bank of Barbados’ Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Committee, adjudicating the nation’s most prestigious literary prize in addition to coordinating developmental opportunities for local writers. She was Cultural Development Officer for Literary Arts at the National Cultural Foundation Barbados for nine years, coordinating national literary competitions, business, and educational programmes, developing literary products, and producing and creatively directing multimedia events. She spearheaded the evolution of the distinguished Arts Etc NIFCA Winning Words Anthologies, into a series including a Brazilian Portuguese translation and into the e-book format. Ayesha co-founded and manages the interactive literature design company Story Shyft, which produced the fully dramatised audiobook for the award-winning collection In Time of Need by Shakirah Bourne. Story Shyft also produced the interactive augmented reality enhanced interpretation of a public mural in Bridgetown.