Vanessa Deleon is an interior designer and founder of Vanessa Deleon Associates. After starting her career in her family's furniture business, Vanessa created Vanessa Deleon Associates while still in school at Berkeley College for Interior Design. Vanessa also holds a degree in fashion merchandising from the Fashion Institute of Technology. She worked for designer Ralph Lauren in merchandising before attending Berkeley College. Vanessa can be seen on TV shows such as HGTV's Generation Renovation, Designers’ Challenge, Bang for Your Buck and Design Star, as well as in numerous publications including New York Spaces, Design NJ, (201) Home, Latina Magazine, Time, Entertainment, and Cosmopolitan. Vanessa is currently a featured designer on the Food Network's Restaurant Impossible.