Zheyla Henriksen, is an Ecuadorian, poet, researcher, artist, and retired teacher currently residing in the United States. She has taught at multiple universities, which include The University of California at Davis, where she received her PHD in Latin American and Spanish. She is a member of the group, Writers of the New Sun, Círculo de Poetas y Escritores. Participated in the first Encounter of the Feminist Poets in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. She has participated in numerous poetry recitals in Ecuador, the United States, Spain, Panama, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba and Canada. She has published four poetry books, Poemas dispersos, Caleidoscopio, Pedazos del recuerdo and Confesiones de un cuerpo. Also as a researcher, she published a book called El tiempo profano y el tiempo sagrado en Borges y Cortázar (doctoral dissertation) in 1992.