Jaki Shelton Green

Green is a lecturer and workshop facilitator, travelling and teaching at numerous conferences and events.

She created the organization in order to "bring women and spaces together for writing, community, sisterhood, and shared experience.

"[8] SistaWRITE has held writing retreats for women writers in Sedona, Arizona; Martha’s Vineyard; Ocracoke, North Carolina; Northern Morocco; and Tullamore, Ireland.

[9] Green has been honored at the highest levels in the North Carolina literary world, and in 2019 was recognized nationally by the Academy of American Poets.

She was scheduled to be installed in the position on September 19, 2018;[1] however, due to Hurricane Michael, it was rescheduled to December 10, 2018.