Vanessa Taborda-Cronin is a K-12 World Language certified educator. She was born and raised in Colombia where she graduated with a bachelor’s in journalism from Universidad de Pamplona in 2005. Vanessa earned her teaching license in 2012 with the Alternative Route of Certification, later she graduated with a master’s in technology and Education from University of Saint Joseph in 2018 and is currently working on her Sixth Year in school leadership and administration through Southern State University in Connecticut.