Alexandra Vives Guerra is an economist, with an emphasis in advanced economy and a minor in Mathematics from the University of the Andes. She holds an MA in Children’s books and literature from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She has been a bookseller for the last twenty-one years, has experience in the promotion of reading, and assesses reading and critical thinking development strategies through literature. She is a cultural manager, and the founder and director of LIBRAQ, International Book Fair of Barranquilla. She is currently the editorial director of Uninorte publishing.