For over a decade, Ngaire has been helping museums all over the world to tell stories and create long-lasting, empowering relationships with diverse communities. She serves as co-editor, with Gail Lord, of Cities, Museums and Soft Power (AAM Press 2015) - a selection of essays which urge museums to play a more vital role in creating equitable and inclusive cities. Her most recent book, the Manual of Digital Museum Planning, co-edited with Ali Hossaini will be released in Spring 2017.  She is the founder, with Stephanie Nolen of the Museum of AIDS in Africa. She has been a documentary maker, television producer and spoken word poet and has lived and worked in 9 cities on 3 continents.