Vanessa

Vanessa serves as a Mitigation Specialist at Restoring Justice. Additionally, she is a graduate student and part of a research team at Baylor University. In past social work experiences, Vanessa encountered people on her caseloads who were inappropriately charged with crimes due to dehumanization. She has decided to dedicate her life’s work to fighting systemic racism and oppression in the criminal justice system. She aspires to highlight the various experiences that impact one’s trajectory in life; her role at Restoring Justice allows Vanessa to honorably humanize people who face life-altering barriers in the courtroom.

Vanessa comes to Restoring Justice from California. When she is not working or studying, you can find her reading, writing, spending time with loved ones, cuddling a cat (any cat she can find), visiting family in California and Mexico, moving her body, and listening to music (banda/Norteño, Indigenous, worship, opera, classical, lo-fi, Christian rap, and r&b).