Stephanie lives with her family in West Chester, Pennsylvania, but is originally from Central, New Jersey, where she has a degree in Communications and a Publishing and Professional Writing Certificate from Rider University. She is also a member of SCBWI (Eastern PA Chapter) & is a 2024 SCBWI Virtual Conference Scholarship winner. She has been published in print and online through various publications and has several children's poems published. Her first Children's Poetry book was released in affiliation with Experiments in Fiction, an indie publisher in the UK, and reached Number One New Release in Children's Poetry on Amazon (ebook). She recently announced her next project, a Picture Book on school refusal to be published with Tielmour Press August 2024. She also has an MG Contemporary coming June 2024 to be published with Oh MG Press. Stephanie identifies with underrepresented creators with chronic illnesses through her battle with the auto immune disease, Psoriatic Arthritis. Finally, she enjoys reading, theatre, mindless web searching, Netflix binges, sunflowers, sports, and anything related to coffee!