Meet Stella
Stella Vaz (also known as Zola Kai)
Financial Life Strategist | Author | Social Impact Advocate
I work as a financial life strategist with a clear mission: to build bridges between knowledge, dignity and transformation. Through the ALLETS Network, I support women in transition — whether facing career change, relocation, motherhood, divorce or reinvention — with financial education and strategic mentoring rooted in a real-life context. I also work with organisations, municipalities and community groups to design programmes that strengthen financial resilience, wellbeing and leadership capacity.
As Chair of VROUWenKRACHT Alkmaar, I help shape leadership through women’s lived experiences, not institutional assumptions. Under my author name Zola Kai, I write and speak to those who have done everything “right” yet still feel like outsiders. My voice is not motivational. It is mobilising. It does not perform. It shifts.
My approach combines strategic empathy with grounded expertise. I guide people and the systems they move through towards financial autonomy with rhythm, clarity and long-term vision. As a migrant woman, a mother and an independent professional, I bring a perspective that is both deeply human and sharply attuned to real-world challenges.
Through my books, keynotes, workshops and the ALLETS Network, I hold space for a different kind of planning:
One rooted in life. Not theory. One that begins with you.
Stella’s top tips for a meaningful life
1. Define your core values and live your life according to them.
2. Invest in professional development opportunities to increase your earning potential.
3. Always give 110% effort, no matter what you are doing in life.
4. Invest time and money in creating a life that you enjoy.
5. Use your money to support the life you want to live.
6. Live a life that is authentic to you.
Philanthropy
From a young age, I was raised by parents who taught me the importance of helping others, and I have always felt, and I was always passionate about making the world a better place. I have worked as a board member, controller, and project leader of the Overdie Foundation Community Centre for over six years.
In that role, I was responsible for the annual subsidy application for the Social Cultural Work projects. In my role as project leader, I organised a project that was focused on celebrating International Women’s Day.
The goal of the project was to empower and educate each other about the power we all have within us to build a stronger society. During that day we have:
1. Provided a space for women to come together and share their stories.
2. Learned about and celebrate the accomplishments of women both locally and globally.
3. Discussed the challenges that women face and brainstorm ways to address them.
Founding Allets Network
As a trainer and financial life strategist, my goal is to help you take your financial future into your own hands. Not with standard models, but by aligning your financial choices with your life values — so you can experience more clarity, security and fulfilment.
I believe that with the right tools, guidance and language, everyone can grow stronger. That’s why I create a space where learning and reflection come together — a place where you don’t just gain knowledge, but also direction and confidence.
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The two most important days in a person's life are the day you are born and the day you find out why you are alive.
- Mark Twain