Vanessa Green Allen

VANESSA GREEN ALLEN is a professional school counselor living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She regularly teaches her students about the effects of bullying and shares strategies with them in classroom lessons, small group sessions,and individually. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education from North Carolina Central University and her Master of Education degree in counseling from North Carolina State University.

Vanessa is a former second-grade teacher, and she has worked for the Wake County Public School System since 1991. She is a 2009 National Board Certified teacher in the area of school counseling. Vanessa is also the creator and voice of SavvySchoolCounselor.com, where she shares ideas and resources with school counselors across the globe.