Allison Simone Noelle Taylor is a Toronto-based animator and storyteller. She studied Experimental Animation at OCAD University, specializing in 2D animation, sound design, storytelling, and character design. As a neurodivergent creator, her work explores mental health, music, and the macabre. Her thesis animation, The Midnight Bakery, investigates the sensation of nostalgia within the soft horror genre, twisting childhood animation motifs to evoke a sense of eerie familiarity.