Vanessa Ntungwanayo is a Research Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia since July 2021, following various academic and research roles. Prior experience includes serving as a Teaching Assistant for Statistics at Wellesley College and participating in the Social Science Summer Research Program as a Case Fellow. Vanessa engaged in summer research at Duke University as a Psychology & Neuroscience NSF REU Fellow and at Carnegie Mellon University as a PIER-REU Fellow. Additional experience includes positions in dining services at Wellesley College and AVI Foodsystems. Vanessa earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Psychology from Wellesley College in 2021 and participated in advanced studies in England in 2020.