Stella is a designer and educator from Bogota, Colombia.

After receiving her first Bachelor of Industrial Design from Xavier University in Bogota, Colombia, Stella worked for different companies within the furniture and hospitality design fields in South America. Pursuing her interest for spatial design, she moved to California and received her second bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design from ArtCenter College of Design.

In Los Angeles, Stella worked as a designer for a prominent interior design firm, contributing to many high-profile luxury residential projects, from interior architecture design to furniture, lighting, and finishing details, with many projects featured in interior design magazines.

Stella established her own studio in 2015, working with interior design studios, manufacturers, and private clients. Her lighting and furniture pieces have been featured in leading interior design markets around the country as well as residential projects in Los Angeles, New York and Texas. Stella collaborates with Nimble Studio, developing branded commercial spaces for well-known companies In Latin America and around the world.

Stella has been teaching in the Spatial Experience Design (formerly Environmental Design)and Designmatters departments at ArtCenter College of Design since 2014 and she also serves as the Associate Chair for the Undergrad Spatial Experience Design program.

Recently her personal work has been focused on developing projects that promote her own cultural identity through the study and creation of designs that celebrate Pre Colombian cultures Iconography. Her most recent designs are focused on celebrating tradition, materiality and hand crafted techniques from her native Colombia.