Stephanie Florence (they/them) is a Neurodiverse Non-binary interdisciplinary artist, writer and curator. Florence is an award-winning researcher who aims to uplift the Waterloo Region arts sector with thoughtful and social transformative artwork. As the Producer at Femmes Folk Fest, they aim to be an empathetic leader interested in unexpected collaboration to engage the community and build knowledge between artistic disciplines. Their artwork has travelled to 15 cities across Canada, Indonesia, and Norway, and they led two dynamic years of curation for the SkirtsAfire Theatre Festival. In 2025, they completed a 5-month Gardener-AIR at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, debuted their humorous performance Monster Pageant with Inter Arts Matrix at Schneider Haus National Historic Site, and Monster Pageant Parade with CAFKA. Florence has upcoming solo exhibitions with Homer Watson House and Gallery, and with PRAKSIS in Oslo (2027). They maintain that caffeine and cat hair are an established canonical aesthetic.