Vanessa Popescu is an investment banking analyst at Bank of America since July 2023, specializing in leveraged finance. Prior experience includes roles as a corporate finance course assistant and intermediate macro course assistant at Harvard University, along with a summer analyst position at Bank of America in 2022. Vanessa's background also features an endowment management investment fellowship at The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, a finance and accounting internship at Room to Read, and a financial services internship at Galecki Financial Management. Vanessa graduated magna cum laude with highest honors in Economics from Harvard University in May 2023 and was valedictorian at Homestead Senior High School, achieving summa cum laude distinction.