Actor
Vanessa is a classically trained actor. She studied at Collin College, Shakespeare & Company, Circle in the Square, and extensively with acting coach Ken Schatz of The Ken Studio. She can handle Shakespeare, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and everything in between. Her dearest career dream is to be a main character in a Star Trek series, but she’ll settle for, like, an Oscar or whatever.
Writer
Vanessa is a poet, a novelist, a writer of op eds and articles about the intersection of geekdom and social justice, an essayist, and a playwright. She often explores themes of trauma with an emphasis on healing.
Podcaster
Vanessa is an avid podcast listener and occasional podcast maker. She took a narrative podcasting class at the NYU School of Professional Studies with one of her favorite podcasters, Imaginary World’s Eric Molinsky, then she made nine episodes of a podcast called…
Copywriter
Vanessa’s day job is ‘freelance copywriter’. People pay her to write real estate listing descriptions, business bios, website content, artist statements, letters, speeches, you name it. She is always happy to take your money in exchange for her real good writing skills.
Full-Time Nerd
Vanessa is many things: Artist. Activist. Displaced Texan. Font of useless knowledge. And just when you think she can’t get any nerdier…
Please forgive the mess. We’re under construction.
“Vanessa is the best, y’all.”
—Everyone, probably