Dee (Dominika) Stoppa is an award-winning founder of InnLyte, a creative wellbeing advocate, and documentary filmmaker based in Ireland.
Based in Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. Working across Europe. Contact: info@destoppa.com | Professional Links: LinkedIn | IMDb | Instagram | InnLyte
Background & Credentials:
Award-Winning Track Record: Dee Stoppa is a National Winner of Businesswoman of the Year 2020 (Power Within), and a winner of multiple Network Ireland regional awards, including Solo Businesswoman, Creative Businesswoman, Emerging Businesswoman, and Networker of the Year 2025.
Dee Stoppa (left) and Cáit Mackey Maher (right), Networker of the Year 2025 Award Winner. Photo: Patrick Browne. Creative Enterprise: Dee founded and ran a successful physical studio shop in Castlecomer Craft Yard for many years, while building a strong local and digital presence from scratch for the community of artists and makers around her @castlecomercraftyard.
Documentary Filmmaking & Media: Dee recently produced the InnLyte Studio Series, and over the years, she has been featured across national and local media, including RTÉ Nationwide, The Sunday Times, The Irish Independent, and various radio stations.
Arts & Health: During lockdowns, Dee co-produced and illustrated the sold-out Creativity for Wellbeing Workbook with Mental Health Ireland. She facilitated creative wellbeing workshops, spoke at national conferences, and collaborated with organisations like Amber Women’s Refuge and local family resource centres.
Academic & Professional Background: Dee comes from a multigenerational tradition of crafts and visual arts (roots in Milan, Italy, and Tricity, Poland). As a teenager, she spent six years studying fine arts (sculpture, painting, printmaking, photography, and art history). Trying to avoid becoming a starving artist, Dee decided to pursue her other interests, and got a degree in National Security (modules on Crisis Management, Leadership and Diplomacy were her favourites, no regrets). This career path brought her to Ireland in 2012, at the age of 23. Dee’s corporate career in Dublin led her to get qualified in coaching and training (Kingstown College, 2017). In recent years, she gained postgraduate qualifications in Arts and Health (pilot group at NCAD, 2024) and Workplace Wellbeing (Trinity Business School, Distinction, 2025).
Wide Network: Dee an active member of Women in Film & TV Ireland, Documentary Association of Europe, and Visual Artists Ireland (professional artist status).
Edward Hayden (left), Dee Stoppa (middle) and Anne Healy (right), Businesswoman of the Year Winner (Kilkenny) 2024. Photo: Patrick Browne.