Steffanie is founder and director of Art with Heart, a community outreach that began under AIGA/Seattle Chapter, where she served on the board of directors from 1995-2002. She is a designer, closet-illustrator and author with numerous awards. Before starting her own one-person design studio, she most recently worked at Hornall Anderson, an internationally-known design firm. Previously, she was Creative Director at a software company and taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Arizona. Her book, "Oodles of Doodles", an activity book for chronically ill children, has been endorsed by the Lance Armstrong Foundation, Make A Wish Foundation and the Starbright Foundation.