Vanessa believes that scientific literacy is necessary for discerning the society we live in and should not be confined to academia alone. She has spent her scientific education majoring in Biology and has tried her hand in different fields, such as cancer, stem cell, and mitochondrial research. This has shown her that every branch of science has new ideas and perspectives that has helped her in her own work. Similarly, she believes that everyone can benefit from learning about how scientists approach questions to discover more about the world around us.