Vanessa is majoring in International Communications, with minors in Spanish and Global Studies. She hopes to use this foundation to inform her future studies of international communications and of the issues facing Latin America. She would like to spend her professional life traveling and working with members of underprivileged communities. At Marist, Vanessa has been active in a number of Marist student groups, including Gender Equality, ARCO (the Hispanic Club), the Resident Student Council, and the Student Government Association.