Vanessa is an Animal Rescue Advocate at Syracuse University. She is a May 2012 graduate of St. Bonaventure University. Vanessa completed her M.A. in Integrated Marketing Communications, a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Journalism/Mass Communication. She is now pursuing a M.S. in Communications from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse school. She works at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University as the Web Specialist.