Vanessa Farmer

Vanessa Farmer grew up in Southern California. She attended California State University Fullerton while taking courses in Business Administration and Accounting.  Her interests shifted to a legal career after taking a Business law class.  Vanessa has been a paralegal for nearly 40 years.  She has experience working in several areas of law.   She has been working for a law firm that practices in the areas of estate planning, asset protection, business planning and charitable planning for the past 29 years.

Vanessa’s mother was an elementary school teacher for 40 years and later became an ESL teacher until retiring at the age of 84.  Vanessa has witnessed firsthand the needs of students and teachers in public schools and is hoping to make a difference, whether big or small, through her service on the Advisory Board for the Robert & Sandra Ellis Charitable Foundation.