Victor Steffensen is a descendant of the Tagalaka people from the Gulf Country of North Queensland. Victor holds a Doctorate of Environmental Science and is an Indigenous writer, filmmaker, musician and consultant applying traditional knowledge values in a contemporary context through creative, practical and artistic projects.

Much of his work over the past thirty years has been based on the arts and reviving traditional knowledge for community and environmental challenges, particularly Aboriginal fire management, through mentoring, leadership, and on-ground training with Aboriginal and non-indigenous communities both nationally and internationally.