Since graduating from RMIT in 1997, she has worked extensively in private practice in addition to teaching in both the architecture and landscape architecture disciplines at RMIT, University of Melbourne, Queensland University of Technology, and University of Queensland. She is increasingly interested in a cross-disciplinary approach to design as well as the holistic processes of the permaculture movement. Vanessa is currently undertaking a master’s degree at the University of Queensland. Her research is focused on a site-specific design inquiry at Melbourne’s urban/rural threshold.