Research, Assessment, and Planning
vescobar@saonet.ucla.edu
Survey Portfolio: University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES)
Vanessa has served as a Senior Analyst on the SAIRO team since 2024, where she leads analysis for the UCUES survey and partners with Student Affairs departments on assessment strategy and planning efforts. She is passionate about translating data into meaningful stories that people can connect with and leveraging it as a catalyst for advancing equitable outcomes in higher education.
She earned her master’s degree in Social Science with a concentration in Demographic and Social Analysis from the University of California, Irvine, and her bachelor’s degree in Sociology from California State University, Los Angeles.
When she isn’t digging into data, Vanessa enjoys reading horror, dystopian, and science fiction novels and spending time with her two dogs, Luna and Dulce.
