Nonikiwe Mashologu is the Director of Partnerships and Stakeholder Relations at the Otto Foundation where she is part of a team that promotes reading for enjoyment by creating and managing libraries and reading programmes in a cluster of primary schools in the District Six area. She sits on the board of Nal’ibali as well as the Denis Goldberg Legacy Foundation Trust where she continues to add her voice to creating spaces that expose South African children to art, reading and culture. She has contributed to the South African children’s literacy space for over a decade in various roles such as project manager, editor, facilitator, translator and reviewer. She is the previous chairperson for IBBY SA and was one of the judges for the Exclusive Books IBBY SA award and the Golden Baobab Prize. Nonikiwe continues to find ways to create opportunities for children to experience and share a diverse range of stories. She lives in Cape Town with her husband and two children.