She is currently a Senior Associate at an Ortigas law firm. She obtained her Law degree from the University of the Philippines and her Communication Arts degree from the Ateneo de Manila University. Before pursuing her legal studies, she was a Desk Editor at ABC 5 News and Public Affairs, where she also dabbled in news writing and reporting. Vanessa has been happily married for almost a decade now, and is a doting mom to a precocious one-year old.