Vanessa Rodriguez

As an administrative assistant, Vanessa will work closely with the College Futures project manager and provide administrative support for cross-departmental information sharing and coordination related to speaking engagements, convenings, and major report releases.

Vanessa most recently worked as a legal & social services advocate for the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office. Prior to that she tracked and managed data for the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. Vanessa was a community college student at San Joaquin Delta College before transferring to UC Berkeley, where she was a navigator/mentor for underrepresented students on campus and a summer supervisor for the BUILD literacy program.

Vanessa graduated in 2020 from the University of California, Berkeley, with a B.A. in English and a minor in education. She will start her role in June 2022.