My Normal Is Not Your Normal: Confidence, Community, and Content Creation with Steffi Gonzalez

About this episode

Steffi Gonzalez discusses her journey in content creation and disability advocacy, emphasizing representation and community.

In this episode, we’re joined by content creator, beauty influencer, and disability advocate Steffi Gonzalez for a conversation about representation, disability visibility, and what it means to take up space online unapologetically. Steffi shares how growing up around photography and beauty eventually led her into content creation, and how a simple moment with her husband changed the way she saw herself — and her wheelchair — on camera. From fashion and beauty influencing, to advocacy work and accessibility conversations with major brands, Steffi reflects on building a platform rooted in authenticity, confidence, and community. The conversation also explores mental health and boundaries as a creator, navigating online comments, internalized ableism, and the importance of disabled representation in beauty and fashion spaces. Steffi also discusses her Instagram series “My Normal is Not Your Normal,” where she highlights the different ways disabled people navigate everyday life while reminding audiences that different does not mean lesser. This episode is an honest, funny, and deeply thoughtful conversation about disability visibility, inclusion, and creating the kind of…

People in this episode

Host: Easterseals

Guest: Steffi Gonzalez

Topics covered

• disability visibility
• content creation
• mental health
• advocacy
• representation
• community

Keywords

• disability
• content creator
• beauty influencer
• advocacy
• mental health
• representation
• fashion
• accessibility

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Organizations: Easterseals

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