Vanessa is a senior at BYU from Colorado Springs, CO, majoring in Political Science with a minor in Family Studies. Her current research focuses on perceptions of female political leadership as informed by societal and religious norms. She loves yoga, her plants, and meal-prepping but deciding to eat out anyways.
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