Ferdinanda Florence holds a M.F.A. in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute and a M.A. in art history from the University of Maryland, College Park. She is a professor of art history at Solano Community College in Fairfield, California, where she teaches art appreciation; survey courses in Western art history, modern art, Asian art, and arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; and a course on marginalized artists in the U.S. and issues related to the perception and display of their work. A professional artist, she is represented by the Andrea Schwartz Gallery in San Francisco and Alisa Contemporary Art in New York.