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vanessa has a bfa fashion design degree from the fashion institute of technology with a specialization in sportswear apparel. through her education and career she has a background in painting, sewing, pattern making, draping, adobe photoshop, adobe illustrator, digital design/graphics & fashion illustration/figure drawing. 

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art has always been a huge part of her life, starting when she was 5 years old.  she has continued her study and ambition in drawing, painting & illustration acquiring the skills to custom build canvases, as well as paint on large surfaces using mix media, acrylic, oil, watercolor, pastels and/or charcoal.  her work experience includes handbag/accessory design as well as freelance illustrator, muralist, stylist and seamstress. she is currently working on abstracts using recycled sugar/salt/pepper that is donated to her after it expires to create texture, as well as, a series of nude paintings.

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after practicing yoga for five years, it led vanessa to receive her 200-hour registered yoga teaching certificate in hatha yoga at the bhakti barn school of yoga in millburn, new jersey in march of 2018. she strives to encourage her fellow students to be kind to themselves, present, patient and to also challenge themselves. what resonates most for her is that yoga can be integrated into everyday life through the connection with your breathe.

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yoga has changed her life and she is so grateful to be able to share with others the same joys she experienced from her yoga practice. she will meet you where ever you are on your yoga journey.

 

you will always find vanessa immersed in nature either hiking, forging, skiing, roller skating or surfing.  vanessa loves to escape to the catskills where she has a lot of family history, it is the place she is at her happiest, where she can relax & reset.  otherwise, you will find her creating & practicing yoga in somerset county, new jersey.  she also teaches yoga at bhakti barn yoga in millburn, nj. yoga is a big part of her life and it reflects in her work.

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her mission is to encourage healing and joy through art, nature, yoga and breathe.  she strives to bring people together to cultivate more compassion, love and appreciation for each-other and our beautiful earth we live on. 

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