Steffany is an artist and art educator who creates work with a recurring theme of social and environmental justice and remembrance. Based in New Jersey, she received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Illustration and Art teaching certification from New Jersey City University in 2016. This combination of study inspires her to create work which exemplifies her interdisciplinary teaching style and expresses her joy in the art making process. Steffany completed her first artist residency at the Mana Contemporary in 2018 with the Eileen  S. Kaminsky Foundation and was awarded Teacher of the year in 2019. Though prominently a painter, Her art takes on many forms. She currently works as a visual artist from her studio as well as teaches AP Fine Art, Art Honors and Computer Graphics to High School students.