my name is stefanie (aka steffie). i am the founder + portrait photographer behind The Diahann Project (TDP) + perinatal photographer behind Birthlooms. Both portrait photography-based collaboratives are centered around liberating the intersectional visual stills + stories of Black + Brown folks. i’m a differently-abled, black+ into jamaican-american kinesthetic storyteller, self-taught photographer, certified birth + perinatal photographer, perinatal movement psychotherapist + a licensed mental health clinician based in the greater boston area. i live my life as an embodied mover, lifelong learner, creative wellness practitioner + educator, laughter loving island gyal, avid soca carnivalist, a self-proclaimed #plantauntie + known as "auntie steffie" to a beautiful bunch of tiny humans.