Skip to main content
About HEC About HEC
Summer School Summer School
Faculty & Research Faculty & Research
Master’s programs Master’s programs
Bachelor Programs Bachelor Programs
MBA Programs MBA Programs
PhD Program PhD Program
Executive Education Executive Education
HEC Online HEC Online
About HEC
Overview Overview
Who
We Are
Who
We Are
Egalité des chances Egalité des chances
HEC Talents HEC Talents
International International
Campus
Life
Campus
Life
Sustainability Sustainability
Diversity
& Inclusion
Diversity
& Inclusion
Stories Stories
The HEC
Foundation
The HEC
Foundation
Summer School
Youth Programs Youth Programs
Summer programs Summer programs
Online Programs Online Programs
Faculty & Research
Overview Overview
Faculty Directory Faculty Directory
Departments Departments
Centers Centers
Chairs Chairs
Grants Grants
Knowledge@HEC Knowledge@HEC
Master’s programs
Master in
Management
Master in
Management
Master's
Programs
Master's
Programs
Double Degree
Programs
Double Degree
Programs
Bachelor
Programs
Bachelor
Programs
Summer
Programs
Summer
Programs
Exchange
students
Exchange
students
Student
Life
Student
Life
Our
Difference
Our
Difference
Bachelor Programs
Overview Overview
Course content Course content
Admissions Admissions
Fees and Financing Fees and Financing
MBA Programs
MBA MBA
Executive MBA Executive MBA
TRIUM EMBA TRIUM EMBA
PhD Program
Overview Overview
HEC Difference HEC Difference
Program details Program details
Research areas Research areas
HEC Community HEC Community
Placement Placement
Job Market Job Market
Admissions Admissions
Financing Financing
Executive Education
Home Home
About us About us
Management topics Management topics
Open Programs Open Programs
Custom Programs Custom Programs
Events/News Events/News
Contacts Contacts
HEC Online
Overview Overview
Degree Program Degree Program
Executive certificates Executive certificates
MOOCs MOOCs
Summer Programs Summer Programs
Youth programs Youth programs
Master's programs

#WEAREHEC: Meet Matylda Stefanowska, Médias, Art, et Création student

An engineer and opera-lover, get to know Médias, Art et Création student Matylda Stefanowska, and what brought her to HEC Paris.

Her story

“I took the opportunity to join the Lodz Solar Team, a student project building the first solar-powered vehicle in Poland and driving through South Africa and Australia in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, the most prestigious solar car race on the globe.”

I am an engineer with a strong artistic background, and I come from Poland. Before HEC I explored quite a few different areas. I studied classical singing for several years and founded the student association of opera-lovers to better understand the artistic environment. Then I joined Fujitsu soon becoming a PMO member. After that, I took the opportunity to join the Lodz Solar Team, a student project building the first solar-powered vehicle in Poland and driving through South Africa and Australia in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, the most prestigious solar car race on the globe. Afterwards I was invited to do a TED talk about the experience. Fun fact: the conference took place in the concert hall where I used to perform opera before. 

Matylda S HEC Paris

Her studies

I am at HEC to put all the technical skills and artistic intuition together into the challenging, but extremely rewarding, creative industries management context. When it comes to the program, I am amazed by the cycle of meetings with successful professionals from creative industries. I love that they give us an insight into what the work is really like and answer our questions. I was also pleasantly surprised that career fairs were still organized online, and what’s more, they worked well! 

Her career

I would like to catalyze the digital transformation of creative institutions. Aside from my professional life, I would like to master a fourth and maybe fifth language to actively participate in international integration. The exchange of expertise and realization of cross-sectoral projects is a huge opportunity to develop in the EU and beyond, and I aim to facilitate this cooperation. 
Her values

Challenges motivate me, both big and small. I love juggling a variety of projects. I need to stay busy to be productive. I also find it exciting to meet new people, which is why I love working on big projects.

Her hobbies

Music is my thick and thin companion. Singing and dancing help me to stay positive and balanced. I would love to join a choir in Paris once the global situation stabilizes. I am also fascinated by developmental psychology: I have spent half of my life taking care of kids, as a camp counselor, junior scout leader, and au pair. It is incredible that sometimes leading kids and adults has so much in common.