Vanessa is a licensed clinical social worker who received her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Temple University. She has over twenty years of experience working extensively with individuals, youth and families from diverse backgrounds and experiences. She has worked in the educational, judicial, behavioral health and social service industries where she has served in various roles to include being an advocate, educator, broker, mentor, mediator, negotiator and counselor. She is knowledgeable and proficient in the delivery of care and treatment of individuals impacted by mental illness, substance use, poverty, homelessness, abuse, trauma and delinquency. Her professional style is to leave no stone unturned when addressing the needs of others. In doing so she employs different therapeutic approaches, techniques and models of intervention. Her end goal in serving others is to promote victorious living through hope and healing.