MEET STELLA
Full Name → Stella Rose Schuester
Age → 31
Birthday → April 21st, 1993
Order & Type → third, solo
Gender & Pronouns → cis woman, she/her
Sexuality → panromantic/demisexual
Occupation → licensed therapist at Four Oaks Family Counseling
THEIR STORY
Growing up in the tight-knit Schuester clan, Stella took after her mother to an alarming degree – the same bright red hair and wide, guileless eyes, which she used to her advantage shamelessly as a child. She has her father’s flair for the dramatic though, and a sarcastic streak a mile wide. Her dad’s early efforts to steer his children into music and performing only had limited success with Stella, however – she was in glee club and chorus during high school, but also drama, student government, and soccer.
Stella proved to be her mother’s daughter in more than just physical resemblance when she decided she wanted to become a licensed therapist, with a concentration on children with anxiety disorders and on the autism spectrum. Growing up around a parent with OCD gave her a first-hand perspective in the way mental health issues are often addressed, and she enjoys working with children because of their unique ways of looking at the world around them. Following in her mother’s footsteps wasn’t without pitfalls, however, and after finishing her Psy.D, she left Lima behind and moved to Ashford Valley to establish herself in her career independently.
Despite her chosen profession, Stella doesn’t want children of her own. She’s good with them, and enjoys working with them, but she prefers to play with them and then give them back to their parents, and then go home to her nice quiet apartment with a glass of wine. Relationships in general are a bit fraught anyway — she first realized she was asexual in college, and even though she’s since revised her personal label to demisexual, it’s usually more trouble than it’s worth to explain to potential partners who assume she’s just a prude.
Outside of work, Stella tends to spend her downtime out with friends, especially for her weekly Sunday brunch bunch. She likes to read (particularly historical romances and “cozy” mysteries), watch movies (the sillier the better), and hold impromptu dance parties for herself when she has energy to burn – but she’s a terrible cook, and has been known to ruin cookware.
