Stella is a lecturer at ESMOD Jakarta who also serves as the Head of the Fashion Design Study Program, responsible for curriculum development, academic management, and industry-oriented learning initiatives. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design with honours (2015) and master’s degree in Fashion Entrepreneurship (2016) from RMIT University. Her academic interests and artistic practice explore collective memory, lived experience, funerary rites, and decolonisation in the Global South, particularly within the context of fashion, adornment, and contemporary material culture.