Stephanie Quirola is an Ecuadorian-American artist and educator based in Brussels since 2010. She currently teaches theory in the Ecology Futures program at Avans University. Her work explores cultural hybridization, the notion of borderlands -physical, mental, social- multiple ecologies, symbiotic relationships, and issues of social and cultural marginalization. Quirola's recent research investigates representations of female murderers, focusing on how the media and neighbors objectify and totemize them beyond moral judgment.