Vanessa was nominated as a finalist in Euforas’ Stylist of The Year 2011 &2010 in the Make-over category.
Her specialties include wedding hair design, precision haircuts, working with natural curl, dimensional and corrective coloring, and Brazilian Blowouts.  She prides herself on taking the time to understand her clients lifestyles in order to create a look that works well with their face shape, hair texture and coloring.  She has been a Regional Educator for Eufora since 2005 and travels throughout California teaching workshops in wedding hair design, salon professionalism, precision cutting, and styling techniques to licensed stylists.  Being an educator has enabled her to learn new and creative skills from some of North America's premier hairdressers.  Her extensive training also includes education through Vidal Sassoon Advanced Cutting, Eufora Foundations & Structures, Eufora Global Connection, and The Academy of Hair Color. She uses Kemon Nayo No Ammonia & Kemon Actyva  Low-Ammonia color lines. ia yogurt based color lines and is a Certified Brazilian Blowout technician.