Vannessa Vasquez is an American actress of Mexican decent born and raised in Texas. She  began acting and directing in her grandmothers house at age 6. Not  exactly sure what she was doing until she read for the role of "Becky"  in the play "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" in 6th grade and fell in love  with being the character. She was "Becky" in her mind for the rest of  the year until she joined her first theatre class the next year then  suddenly it all made sense. Her passion for acting flourished in her  first semester at the University of Houston. She studied theatre and  psychology graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in social sciences and  liberal arts. Vannessa has appeared in various national commercials,  music videos, industrial videos and many feature films. She followed in  the footsteps of many great American actors and studied on a granted  scholarship at the Stella Adler Academy in Los Angeles.