Accolades include Gold Medalist for practical nursing in 1990, nominated The Business Woman of the Year, nominated for the Platinum Award in Care Management as well as the Professional of Note in Geriatric Medicine in 2012, Stella won the Woman of Achievement Award in 2015. Stella writes a self syndicated column elder care advice column called “The Elder Care Cliff Report: What baby boomers need to know about caring for their parents. She owns the Six Figures Nurse Academy and recently launched the 100 Nurse Millionaire challenge whose goal is to show 100 nurses how to start an elder care business with minimal investment. Stella uses her story to share with nurses how to do the same and better than she did while growing profitable businesses.