Stella at CSChE 2025 in Montreal

Hey! I'm Stella

I build projects where medicine, engineering, and curiosity overlap. I've had an interesting path to where I am today, and I couldn't be more proud of it.

If you're wondering...

what I'm working on: Normally, I like to have a few things on-the-go. I am the Co-Chair on Western's Engineering Undergraduate EDID (Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity, Decolonization) Committee - where I work with faculty and staff to strive for a comfortable place for all students. Alongside to chairing the committee, I have started a Women in Engineering initiative with some faculty members - bringing more support to the females of engineering. I am working on a machine learning method to aid one of the biggest bottlenecks in research: amalgamating data from a myriad of resources. I learned about the difficulties that come from collecting various data sources and trying to gauge them on one plane, so I decided to try and solve this. For fun, I've been working on a few other LLM-powered tools; one being a project to help learn music theory on the guitar!

where I come from: Being constantly curious, I've put effort into trying and learning in every field I could. I've worked in fields from crypto banking to ML dev, visual arts to ophthalmology, gravitational space waves to full-stack. And, I've come out with this mindset; I don't need to pick and focus on only one field. I now combine everything I learned over the years, and build with the capability and capacity to consider all perspectives.

where I'm going next: Since I'm very passionate about my software and tech work, a lot of what I do is on a computer - but, I've decided I want to try and get more hands on. I've recently started welding (both TIG and MIG) - but it's a pretty intimidating (and not well-known) hobby, so I've started working with faculty to bring more opportunities for female engineers to learn as well. Moving forward, I plan to continue my work with ML model building and build my skills in LLM tuning, continue with my work in gravitational space waves, and take a stronger biomedical lens for new projects.

Reading Right Now

Hover the stack to flip through what I've been reading.

Kitchen Confidential

Kitchen Confidential

Anthony Bourdain

Slapstick or Lonesome No More!

Slapstick or Lonesome No More!

Kurt Vonnegut

Closer to Hugh

Closer to Hugh

Marina Endicott

On the Shelf

Books I've finished.

Year in Review

Monthly highlights, one year at a time.

2026⌄
2025⌄
Quarter 3
Took time to focus on myself.Sauble Beach, ON
July

Took time to focus on myself.

Fun Fact: I learned how to ride a bike on this trip

Worked at a Yacht company.Toronto, ON
August

Worked at a Yacht company.

After having experience working at tech companies and in medical clinics, I decided to change it up and try something new

Moved back to University.London, ON
September

Moved back to University.

As much as I enjoy my time in London, it's always hard to leave Toronto. But, our Ring doorbell is pretty fun