About me
Vanessa Corwin was born and raised in Honolulu, and is a 2009 graduate of St. Andrew's Priory. Upon graduating, she moved to Washington state to attend the University of Puget Sound and earned a BA in Sociology & Anthropology. Vanessa went on to attend Washington State University (WSU), receiving a MA in Curriculum & Instruction. While at WSU, she entered the gender-based violence field and worked at Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse, a domestic violence/sexual assault agency, where she provided services to survivors and led the agency's violence prevention work. Prior to joining HSCADV's staff, she was the Prevention Services Coordinator at King County Sexual Assault Resource Center in Renton, WA, where she worked with community groups and schools to engage in conversations and build skills for healthy relationships and ending sexual violence. She joined HSCADV as the Program Director in 2021 with the goal of advocating for survivors, supporting service providers, and ending gender-based violence in the place she calls home. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and being outdoors with her dog, Amaru.