Isabella received her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in architecture from Deakin University and the University of Melbourne, Australia. After completing a PhD in psychology from Deakin University, she was awarded a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the University of South Australia. Most recently, her contributions have been recognised through the Emerging Researcher Award from the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society, and as a finalist of the NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award.