Vanessa is the creator of the Media Bias Chart®, the viral image that prompted many lively discussions around the internet about where people get their news She the CEO of Ad Fontes Media, the company she founded in 2018 to fulfill the need revealed by the popularity of the Chart—the need for an easy-to-understand, reliable news rating system. Vanessa is a native of San Diego, California and currently resides in Westminster, CO. She has a B.A. in English from UCLA, a J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and is licensed patent attorney. As the founder of Ad Fontes Media, she seeks to impact the way consumers, educators, and organizations deal with today’s complex media landscape.