Vanessa (Elliott) Leigh graduated from WSU Vancouver with Suma Cum Laude honors with an Ecology and Environmental Science Bachelors Degree on May 7, 2022. She is shown here with her grandmother, Lore Twiet of Cathlamet. She starts her career with an internship in the Forestry Division of Weyerhaeuser Company. Vanessa is the daughter of Kelly Hammond of Longview.