Vanessa Hrvatin
writing and communications professional
Vanessa is a communications professional currently working as a writer with Development and Alumni Engagement at the University of British Columbia. She spent many years as a journalist and worked in communications at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health. She was the 2017/2018 recipient of the Michelle Lang Fellowship, and spent a year working at the National Post and Calgary Herald on a special series about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
Her work has also appeared in the Globe and Mail, Maclean's, Reader's Digest, the Canadian Medial Association Journal News, the Toronto Star, and Canadian Geographic, and she spent time at Global News BC as a broadcast writer.
Vanessa holds a Master of Journalism from the University of British Columbia (2017) and a BSc. in biology and environmental science from Queen's University (2014).
She has a unique blend of experience that lends itself to expert story telling and strategic communications.
Reach her at vanessahrvatin03@gmail.com
