Teacher Vanessa is the Academic Head of Hurlyvale Pre School and Hurlyvale Pre-Primary School.  Her journey into education began in 1987 when she graduated from the Johannesburg College of Education.  In 1991 she left teaching to be a full time mom.  In 1997 she joined the Hurlyvale Primary School Family, initially for a maternity post.  She ended up staying for 23 years.

In 2017 Teacher Vanessa was chosen to lead the Individual Education Programme department at Hurlyvale Primary School and she was promoted to joint Foundation Phase Head of Department from 2019.

During this period her interest in School Readiness, academic skills development and learning through play was re-ignited.

Teacher Vanessa has completed the required First Aid and Firefighting courses