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Vanessa Pearce attended St Aloysius College from 2011 to 2015.  As a student, she was a member of the Adelaide Youth Orchestra, the SAC Orchestra and was a Music Leader.

Vanessa’s time at SAC shaped her decision-making when it came to choosing her career path. Her choice of dentistry combined her interest in the sciences and her desire to work within a team to improve people’s quality of life.

Vanessa has shown the compassion she developed at SAC through her volunteer work, including a placement at Zambia’s largest public hospital and with Common Ground, a free dental service in Adelaide that supports people experiencing homelessness and other marginalised communities. Both volunteering opportunities have highlighted the importance of oral health and the negative impact of inequitable access to dental care.

Vanessa currently works as a dentist in Adelaide.