"[3] She created her first film using her father's 16 mm camera in order to make a gift for her husband.
'"[3] Sternberg began her career in filmmaking during the mid-1970s and was one of the few female directors in Canada working in the avant-garde genre at the time.
[citation needed] Aside from her national recognition, Sternberg's films have also been featured in various international institutions, such as Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
By switching from "single channel video, to installation, to hand processed 16mm, to digital media and performance", Sternberg is thoroughly "engaged in finding the links between technological process and aesthetic production.
As a result, Sternberg was able to bring a female perspective to Canadian experimental cinema that was not present before.