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Vanessa Blankenship is a writer, storyteller and experienced journalist based in Austin, Texas.

Vanessa is a recipient of an MS in Journalism from Columbia University in the City of New York (2022) and a BS in Journalism from the University of Florida (2019). She was formerly a social media strategist and editorial assistant at Austin’s leading arts and culture magazine.

Published work includes long-form features about arts and culture, fashion, breaking news and social justice distributed across print and digital publications, including Columbia News Service, Tribeza, WUFT News, The Alligator and Sarasota Magazine. Her master’s project at Columbia University explored the Roman Catholic Womenpriests movement.