Stella Margaritis, Finance

Stella Margaritis has over 30 years experience in the financial and accounting field, 15 of which were in CPA firms. She received her A.A. in accounting at Santa Monica College with additional advanced accounting courses at UCLA.

Stella was self-employed for a period of 10 years.

As the Accountant for Solutions Recovery, Stella maintains the company financial records and prepares financial statements for Solutions Recovery as well as The Solutions Foundation.

In her free time Stella enjoys figure skating, reading and playing racquetball.

More About Stella

What brought you to work at Solutions Recovery?
I needed a job, who knew it would turn out to be such a great job?

What is your role at Solutions?
Accounting Manager

What was your most rewarding moment at Solutions?
There have been many and they all involve seeing the progress our clients have made.

Where are you from?
I was born in Denmark, but came to America when I was six and lived the vast majority of my years in California (West LA and San Fernando Valley).

What one piece of advice would you give the 16 year old you?
Do what you feel is right and don’t let others influence your decisions.

If you could go back to any time in history, what would it be?
Days of the dinosaurs, I think that would be incredibly interesting and exciting.

What is the one thing you always wanted to be growing up?
A doctor, I have always been interested in, and do a lot of reading about diseases and the workings of the human body. But I’m very squeamish and could never get past that.

What is your perfect Saturday afternoon?
Sitting in the sunshine, in my back yard, with a great book and no interruptions!

If you had a magic lamp and a genie who granted you 3 wishes, what would the 3 wishes be?
Excellent lifelong health, a photographic memory and a great signing voice. In my next life I want to be a singer!

If your house was on fire, what one thing would you take with you?
Whatever the risk, I’d take two things; family photos and my cats (I have two, so that would actually be three things).