Rosalind Smith was born in the United Kingdom and went to school in South Africa. She studied fine arts in London and Paris where she graduated from the Sorbonne. Rosalind worked for Babcock Africa as administrator and personal assistant to the director after her return to South Africa. Since 1998 she has worked in Egypt as editor for the Online Media Advertising Agency, as copy editor for the Egyptian Gazette English language newspaper, and for ten years as marketing manager and assistant business development manager at eLocalize. Rosalind has been the country manager at Localize Africa since March 2014. She also translates Egyptology books from French to English.