Let's work together!
Vanessa is a social worker and a writer living on the US/Mexico border. Her experience of life on the borderlands and as a first-generation daughter of immigrants led her to a career in immigrant rights and social services with the diverse im/migrant communities in San Diego and Imperial Counties and in Mexico.
She has over a decade working in the nonprofit section with organizations that support and advocate for migrants in the region. Through her experience as a mental health clinician for unaccompanied migrant children to directing an immigration legal services program, she has provided community education, engaged in fund development, grant writing and advocacy.