Vanessa is a grants finance management officer in IPA global, where she supports grants financial reporting. Prior to joining IPA, she was an international cooperation consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers Colombia, specializing in HIV, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. Her experience also includes working for the Fulbright Commission in Colombia as an Accounting Coordinator supporting the financial management of grants coming from several donors such as the Colombian government, USAID, and the US State Department. Vanessa has an MSc in Economics and Development from Università degli Studi di Firenze, and a BS in Accounting from Universidad Javeriana.