Sister Florence Deacon is the Director of the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi, whose motherhouse is located in St. Francis, Wisconsin. In addition to working in education as a professor at the college level, she has been actively involved in Franciscans International, a Non-Governmental (NGO) representing over a millions Franciscan women and men, religious and lay from around the world. She has participated in the review of numerous United Nations Conferences by writing policy statements, submitting written interventions, giving oral interventions, lobbying governments and international financial institutions, participating in caucuses, and/or organizing and presenting at panels.

Her extensive experience in UN Conferences and Commissions held in South Africa and Spain led to the writing of a handbook for NGOs on how to effectively intervene in the UN process. She has studied and advocated for social issues such as eradication of poverty, HIV/AIDS, the status of women, racism, aging, sustainable development, Israel/Palestine disarmament, and the war in Iraq to name a few.